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PostPosted: Tue May 20, 2008 7:25 pm
by victor_alpha_charlie
Hey guys, does anyone know here how I can get it to sort data by the titles in the top line of the pic? Eg I want to get it so it sorts the data from Shortest distance-longest distance. Pic here:

PostPosted: Tue May 20, 2008 7:51 pm
by Bandit
Doesn't look like the Excel I use but try putting a tick in the box that says "My data has headers" as your Line 2 contains your a headers/titles. You should then be able to choose the preferences eg Column B then by Column C etc etc

PostPosted: Tue May 20, 2008 8:09 pm
by victor_alpha_charlie
Thanks, Also when it sorts by distance it's doing it wrong. It puts all the numbers with a 1 at the front first, then a 2 etc, so I'll have a 1000nm airport before a 200nm airport. How can I fix this without putting a '0' on the front of all three digit distances?

PostPosted: Tue May 20, 2008 8:13 pm
by Charl
Create 2 columns, 1 for the value, the other for the "NM" text.
Use Data/text to columns to do this quickly.

PostPosted: Tue May 20, 2008 8:38 pm
by victor_alpha_charlie
Charl wrote:
QUOTE (Charl @ May 20 2008, 08:13 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Create 2 columns, 1 for the value, the other for the "NM" text.
Use Data/text to columns to do this quickly.


Worked a treat. Thanks heaps!

PostPosted: Thu May 22, 2008 7:30 pm
by chickenman
victor_alpha_charlie wrote:
QUOTE (victor_alpha_charlie @ May 20 2008, 08:38 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Worked a treat. Thanks heaps!


The other option is to format the cells so that it adds the NM to the end of the number as a format rather than a text string.

Jamie