This is the demonstration file to accompany the article, How to use shortcuts to sort in Microsoft Excel, by Susan Harkins. From the hottest programming languages to commentary on the Linux OS ...

Not all sorts in Excel are alphabetical. Sometimes, you need to sort by an irregular set of terms, and when that happens, you need to create a custom sort. Here's how.

Open the Excel software, and open the spreadsheet in which you want to sort the records. Click the "File" menu item, and select "Excel Options." Click the Microsoft Office button if you have Excel ...

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. For this example, we’ll select ...