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4. Confirm with OK.
The table rows are now sorted according to the contents of the selected column(s).
The dialog box for this command presents the following options:
Sort by:
Here you specify the column whose contents are to be the basis of the sort.
In addition, you can specify the sort order: Ascending (A..Z) or Descending
(Z..A).
Type
Normally, you can keep the default setting Text for this option. However, if the
column contains numbers, you should switch to Number. If it contains dates,
choose Date.
Note: When a column contains, for example, dates and you choose the Date
option, the program will automatically extract day, month and year to determine
the correct sort order.
Then sort by:
You can specify more than one sort criterion as required.
For example, if the first column contains last names, and the second column
contains first names, you can select the first column for Sort by: and the second
column for Then sort by. As a result, the rows of the table will be sorted by last
name and those rows containing the same last name will then be sorted by first
name.
First row contains headings
If the first row of your table contains headings, you should check this option to
prevent TextMaker from including the first row in the sort.
Example: A table contains addresses. The first row contains headings like “Name”,
“Street”, “City”, etc. In a case like this, you should check this option to ensure that
the headings will remain in the first row and will not be mixed up in the sort.
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