I have a spread sheet with about 15000 records in the sheet. I added a new column and added the numbers for each row.
When I do the sort, the field with the numbers do not move (i.e. record 200 still shows up as number 1).
I tried doing the sort from the home tab and clicking on Sort and filter, but the record number does not change.
If I click on the Data tab and click on sort, again the number does not move.
I tried cutting out about 100 records and trying it and it works correctly.
Hi fatfish,
Excel sorts tables of data. If you have a blank column between your data and the row number column, it won't sort the numbers. Take all those completely blank columns out and try again.
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Where is the new column? Is it included in the sort range? How did you add the row numbers for each row? Did you use a formula? If yes, what is it?
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The first 14 rows were hidden and there were no values in the first 2 fields in all 14 columns.
I put dummy information in the 14 rows and tried to sort it again.
Now it works the way that I wanted it to.
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