The SORT and SORTBY functions let you extract certain columns and rows from a dataset and sort them in a certain order, all while preserving the source data. Even though they work in similar ways, ...

Have you ever struggled to sort data in Excel in a way that truly fits your needs? Imagine trying to organize a list of regions not alphabetically, but in a specific order like “North, South, East, ...

When you are organizing data for your company in a spreadsheet using Microsoft Excel, you do not have to manually edit the information, if you want to sort it alphabetically. Instead, you can use the ...

Have you ever grouped data in Excel only to find your months sorted alphabetically instead of chronologically? It’s a frustrating quirk of the GROUPBY function, one that can turn a clean dataset into ...

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Microsoft Excel has a great sorting feature that works quite well. However, it is possible to use this feature to sort cells based on their color. Multiple colors are supported, and from our testing, ...

Let’s say you have a student gradebook file open in Excel and it contains information for the students in your class. As you look through the students’ grades, you highlight the names of students to ...

Can Excel sort by color? Absolutely. In addition to sorting by values, Excel can sort by cell color, font color, and cell icon. First, you must you must define the colors for your sort columns/fields.

You can use Microsoft Excel to set up a simple row-and-column matrix of information, listing income data, itemizing expenses and documenting events. These tasks barely scratch the surface of Excel's ...