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In sorting a Word 2000 table, where one or more rows are marked as repeating
headers, the sort (Table | Sort) does not work properly unless I have highlighted all the rows but the header row(s). Is this intended? Seems that step shouldn't be necessary. Thanks. |
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Does it work if you don't select any rows? If the insertion point is in the
table and you use Table | Sort, the results should be as expected (all rows sorted except the heading rows). -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "DR" wrote in message ... In sorting a Word 2000 table, where one or more rows are marked as repeating headers, the sort (Table | Sort) does not work properly unless I have highlighted all the rows but the header row(s). Is this intended? Seems that step shouldn't be necessary. Thanks. |
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No, it highlights the entire table and the wiz asks me Sort By and shows
only the text of the first (of two) header lines as the choice. Send the file? "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... Does it work if you don't select any rows? If the insertion point is in the table and you use Table | Sort, the results should be as expected (all rows sorted except the heading rows). -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "DR" wrote in message ... In sorting a Word 2000 table, where one or more rows are marked as repeating headers, the sort (Table | Sort) does not work properly unless I have highlighted all the rows but the header row(s). Is this intended? Seems that step shouldn't be necessary. Thanks. |
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Hi DR,
If you have heading rows, the Sort dialog will show those headings instead of the column numbers. So if you have columns with headings "First name", "Last name", the dialog will show "Sort by: First name" instead of "Sort by: Column 1". Maybe that's what you are seeing? Did you try if the sort works ok? Greetings, Klaus |
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Wish that's were the case. I have one row that's pure header, then a second
row with headings for the subsequent rows. Pretty standard. No matter what I designate as repeating headers, the sort asks me whether I want to sort by the text in the top row. If you mean something special or beyond this by 'heading rows' then maybe that's the problem, because all I have done is to designate the first two rows as repeating headers (and as suggested above also tried designating only the top row). "Klaus Linke" wrote in message ... Hi DR, If you have heading rows, the Sort dialog will show those headings instead of the column numbers. So if you have columns with headings "First name", "Last name", the dialog will show "Sort by: First name" instead of "Sort by: Column 1". Maybe that's what you are seeing? Did you try if the sort works ok? Greetings, Klaus |
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Word will take only the top heading row for this purpose, and if you have
merged cells, it's useless. You will have to sort by Column 1, Column 2, etc., instead. Alternatively, you can split the table between the two heading rows, sort, then delete the intervening paragraph to rejoin the table. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "DR" wrote in message ... Wish that's were the case. I have one row that's pure header, then a second row with headings for the subsequent rows. Pretty standard. No matter what I designate as repeating headers, the sort asks me whether I want to sort by the text in the top row. If you mean something special or beyond this by 'heading rows' then maybe that's the problem, because all I have done is to designate the first two rows as repeating headers (and as suggested above also tried designating only the top row). "Klaus Linke" wrote in message ... Hi DR, If you have heading rows, the Sort dialog will show those headings instead of the column numbers. So if you have columns with headings "First name", "Last name", the dialog will show "Sort by: First name" instead of "Sort by: Column 1". Maybe that's what you are seeing? Did you try if the sort works ok? Greetings, Klaus |
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I still don't get the problem. If I have 2 (or three, or 12) header rows in
the table, those aren't sorted. So everything seems to be as it should be, or am I missing something? Regards, Klaus "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Word will take only the top heading row for this purpose, and if you have merged cells, it's useless. You will have to sort by Column 1, Column 2, etc., instead. Alternatively, you can split the table between the two heading rows, sort, then delete the intervening paragraph to rejoin the table. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "DR" wrote in message ... Wish that's were the case. I have one row that's pure header, then a second row with headings for the subsequent rows. Pretty standard. No matter what I designate as repeating headers, the sort asks me whether I want to sort by the text in the top row. If you mean something special or beyond this by 'heading rows' then maybe that's the problem, because all I have done is to designate the first two rows as repeating headers (and as suggested above also tried designating only the top row). "Klaus Linke" wrote in message ... Hi DR, If you have heading rows, the Sort dialog will show those headings instead of the column numbers. So if you have columns with headings "First name", "Last name", the dialog will show "Sort by: First name" instead of "Sort by: Column 1". Maybe that's what you are seeing? Did you try if the sort works ok? Greetings, Klaus |
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So everything seems to be as it should be, or am I missing something?
.... well, apart from possible problems with merged cells ... and from the problem that the headers in the first row may not be very meaningful... Ok, I think I got it now ;-) Klaus |
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Klaus, try merging the cells in your top row. Then you'll see what the OP is
facing. I'm not saying that Word won't omit all heading rows from sorting, only that the names of the columns to be sorted on come from the top row. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Klaus Linke" wrote in message ... I still don't get the problem. If I have 2 (or three, or 12) header rows in the table, those aren't sorted. So everything seems to be as it should be, or am I missing something? Regards, Klaus "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Word will take only the top heading row for this purpose, and if you have merged cells, it's useless. You will have to sort by Column 1, Column 2, etc., instead. Alternatively, you can split the table between the two heading rows, sort, then delete the intervening paragraph to rejoin the table. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "DR" wrote in message ... Wish that's were the case. I have one row that's pure header, then a second row with headings for the subsequent rows. Pretty standard. No matter what I designate as repeating headers, the sort asks me whether I want to sort by the text in the top row. If you mean something special or beyond this by 'heading rows' then maybe that's the problem, because all I have done is to designate the first two rows as repeating headers (and as suggested above also tried designating only the top row). "Klaus Linke" wrote in message ... Hi DR, If you have heading rows, the Sort dialog will show those headings instead of the column numbers. So if you have columns with headings "First name", "Last name", the dialog will show "Sort by: First name" instead of "Sort by: Column 1". Maybe that's what you are seeing? Did you try if the sort works ok? Greetings, Klaus |
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mmmHokay ... I'm a bit slow on the uptake sometimes
Klaus |
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