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    Custom Sort not working

    I have a database with surname, christian name and other colums of data. There is a header and I have included the header when custom sorting the data. the data is sorted surname and christian name and no other columns. I have highlighted all colums and data and asked it to custom sort by surname and then christian name. Unfortunately no matter how many times I try there are a number of the same surname and different christian names and the christian names are not sorting alphabetically A - Z Any help?

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    Re: Custom Sort not working

    2 ways

    2 Separate sorts:
    1 First sort on Christian Names only
    2 Then sort on Surnames

    OR both at once as per picture (result shown):

    SortIt.jpg
    Last edited by kev_; 03-31-2017 at 05:52 AM.
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    Re: Custom Sort not working

    I had tried this but it still does not work. There is only one name that has not sorted out of all the data

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    Re: Custom Sort not working

    I suspect that there is a hidden gremlin in some values. Was the data imported from elsewhere?
    Manually re-enter the first value that does not sort correctly and try the sort again
    Last edited by kev_; 03-31-2017 at 06:59 AM.

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    Re: Custom Sort not working

    I have manually re-entered the whole line and deleted the original and asked it to sort and it has worked or at least it has not moved the new line. As suspected there was probably a hidden gremlin. Thank you for your assistance

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    Re: Custom Sort not working

    You are welcome
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