Excel: How To Sort Data
Being able to store your data efficiently is very useful in Excel. Knowing this skill helps you organize your data and finish your project faster.
1: Open Microsoft Excel, Click the plus button to open a blank workbook.
2: Insert data into various cells
3: Highlight the data set you would like to sort by dragging the cursor across the whole data or clicking the triangle on the top left corner of the spreadsheet.
4: Select the “data” tab on the top of the spreadsheet
5: Select the “sort” button
6: Select the way you want Excel to sort the data (could be smallest to largest or largest to smallest or in alphabetical order)
7: Select “ok” (the data will be sorted according to what you selected)
8: Don’t forget to save your work!