Sorting by date in tables

I am preparing a medical chronology and using Microsoft Word 2007/table. I
have three columns; date/medical provider/ summary of visit. I need to sort
information by date. I highlighted all information and chose sort by column
A, then asked it sort by date, assending. It is not sorting all dates. It's
leaving my January 2008 date first every time, but sorting the rest properly.
I never had this problem in my old format of Word. The format I used for
my date is 01/14/2008. Any suggestions?
--
Lita Dale

Perhaps you made a text entry instead of a real date?

Lita wrote:
I am preparing a medical chronology and using Microsoft Word 2007/table. I
have three columns; date/medical provider/ summary of visit. I need to sort
information by date. I highlighted all information and chose sort by column
A, then asked it sort by date, assending. It is not sorting all dates. It's
leaving my January 2008 date first every time, but sorting the rest properly.
I never had this problem in my old format of Word. The format I used for
my date is 01/14/2008. Any suggestions?

Do you have a header row (i.e., that says Date/Provider/Summary or something
like that)? If not and if Header row is ticked, then sorting will treat the
first entry as if it were the header row, and will not include it in the
sort.

--
Herb Tyson MS MVP
Author of the Word 2007 Bible
Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com
Web: http://www.herbtyson.com


"Lita" wrote in message
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I am preparing a medical chronology and using Microsoft Word 2007/table. I
have three columns; date/medical provider/ summary of visit. I need to
sort
information by date. I highlighted all information and chose sort by
column
A, then asked it sort by date, assending. It is not sorting all dates.
It's
leaving my January 2008 date first every time, but sorting the rest
properly.
I never had this problem in my old format of Word. The format I used for
my date is 01/14/2008. Any suggestions?
--
Lita Dale

Also... I just noticed that you say you're sorting by "column A". If this
really is Word, then it would be column 1, not column A. Excel would say
Column A. And, if you're using Excel, then Bob I's guess might be more apt.

--
Herb Tyson MS MVP
Author of the Word 2007 Bible
Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com
Web: http://www.herbtyson.com


"Herb Tyson [MVP]" wrote in message
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Do you have a header row (i.e., that says Date/Provider/Summary or
something like that)? If not and if Header row is ticked, then sorting
will treat the first entry as if it were the header row, and will not
include it in the sort.

--
Herb Tyson MS MVP
Author of the Word 2007 Bible
Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com
Web: http://www.herbtyson.com


"Lita" wrote in message
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I am preparing a medical chronology and using Microsoft Word 2007/table.
I
have three columns; date/medical provider/ summary of visit. I need to
sort
information by date. I highlighted all information and chose sort by
column
A, then asked it sort by date, assending. It is not sorting all dates.
It's
leaving my January 2008 date first every time, but sorting the rest
properly.
I never had this problem in my old format of Word. The format I used
for
my date is 01/14/2008. Any suggestions?
--
Lita Dale