Report does not alphabetize from Table

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I have a simple telephone list in a table, which is sorted a-z. Orginally
when I created the report form the table, everything was correctly
alphabetized. Now that I added new names (records) to my table, the report is
not updating alphabetically to match the table, instead, just appending the
added names to theend of the list. What am I missing? Thanks!
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Have you specified anything in the Sorting and Grouping dialogue of the
report? That's the only way to control the order in which data appears on
the report.
 
Apparently not. Do you have a link to some good instructions on hot to do
that? I would really appreciate the guidance.
Thanks!

Douglas J. Steele said:
Have you specified anything in the Sorting and Grouping dialogue of the
report? That's the only way to control the order in which data appears on
the report.
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Open the report in design view, and choose View > Sorting & Grouping
from the menu. Add the appropriate fields in the order that you want
them sorted. Tables are inherently unsorted. Usually sorting requires
that you use queries, although Access reports have the additional
requirement of using the Sorting & Grouping command.

Online links? don't know of any offhand, but this subject is certain
to be discussed in any entry-level Access book.

Apparently not. Do you have a link to some good instructions on hot to do
that? I would really appreciate the guidance.
Thanks!

Douglas J. Steele said:
Have you specified anything in the Sorting and Grouping dialogue of the
report? That's the only way to control the order in which data appears on
the report.
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