Michael Adams wrote:
>> >> The plot thickens. >> >> Thanks to a private correspondent who wrote to me after seeing this >> message, I have found that if one uses the Data | Sort workflow, one >> does get a pop up box asking which column I wish to sort on provided I >> select the entire spreadsheet before doing that. The main toolbar >> buttons do what I described in my first post. >> >> I wish Calc could mimic the Excel behavior as described here >> completely. What it currently does with the toolbar buttons is not >> terribly useful for most people (at least offer that pop up box). >> > > What do you get using teh toolbar buttons if you select the entire range > to be sorted (not just one column). > A sort on the first column selected (always A if one selects the entire page). It does not ask which column to sort on. In my case, the columns are : Column A - names of materials Columns B-D - physical properties of those materials (numbers) A dictionary sort on column A is not very useful (at least not most of the time). It should ask the user to disambiguate the sort request with a pop up box, just like Data | Sort workflow does. Further, if I select just one column, it should show some rudimentary intelligence and at least offer to sort the entire table (I cannot imagine a situation where a user has multiple adjacent columns in a spreadsheet with the same / similar number of rows, and would want to sort just one column and mess up the entire data set). --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
