Janice Lee via OfficeKB.com
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sorting number in ascending order
Hi,
I have a query result, and one of those fields are some ID numbers.
It came as ="number" format when I exported to excel.
When I tried sorting this field in ascending order, however, it didnt' sort
right.
For example, the order before sort is:
100422
100422
100459
100459
1184
1187
1189
1190
1192
1193
But apparently, I want the sorting to result like below:
1184
1187
1189
1190
1192
1193
100422
100422
100459
100459
But it didn't happen with sort. I then copied the whole column and past
specile > values to get rid of ="number" format, and then resorted, and
it's still the same.
When I double clicked each cell and pressed "enter," then the sorting
happense correctly. But I can't go through thousands of rows like this.
Does any one know what's up with this?
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