Excel Sorting

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Lori

I did not create the worksheet, but need to sort the data. Get a message
saying " This operation requires the merged cells to be identically sized"
An excell newby, and help doesn't help. Help??
 
Get rid of the merged cells which cause no end of problems.......one of
which you just encountered.

2003...........Format>Cells>Alignment>Uncheck "merge cells"

2007...........Home>Format>Format cells>Alignment.

Or Home>Alignment section>Open Merge dropdown and "Unmerge cells"


Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP
 
Your headings probably have merged cells.
You can either...
- take the merge off the cells (FORMAT > CELLS > ALIGNMENT > click off the
'Merge Cells' checkbox)
or
- do your sort without the headings rows (DATA > SORT > click on 'No Header
Row').
 
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