IBM Lotus Symphony


Sort Criteria

Specify the sorting options for the selected range.

Note Icon Ensure that you include any row and column titles in the selection.

To access this command...

Choose Data - Sort - Sort Criteria tab

On toolbar, click

Icon Sort Ascending
Icon Sort Descending

Sort First By

Select the column that you want to use as the primary sort key.

Ascending

Sorts the selection from the lowest value to the highest value. The sorting rules are given by the locale. You can define the sort rules on Data - Sort - Options. You define the default on File - Preferences - Language Settings - Languages.

Descending

Sorts the selection from the highest value to the lowest value. You can define the sort rules on Data - Sort - Options. You define the default on File - Preferences - Language Settings - Languages.

Sort Second By

Select the column that you want to use as the secondary sort key.

Ascending

Sorts the selection from the lowest value to the highest value. You can define the sort rules on Data - Sort - Options. You define the default on File - Preferences - Language settings - Languages.

Descending

Sorts the selection from the highest value to the lowest value. You can define the sort rules on Data - Sort - Options. You define the default on File - Preferences - Language settings - Languages.

Sort Third By

Select the column that you want to use as the third sort key.

Ascending

Sorts the selection from the lowest value to the highest value. You can define the sort rules on Data - Sort - Options. You define the default on File - Preferences - Language settings - Languages.

Descending

Sorts the selection from the highest value to the lowest value. You can define the sort rules on Data - Sort - Options. You define the default on File - Preferences - Language settings - Languages.

Sort Ascending/Descending

Sorts the selection from the highest to the lowest value, or from the lowest to the highest value. Number fields are sorted by size and text fields by the order of the characters. You can define the sort rules on Data - Sort - Options. You define the default on File - Preferences - Language settings - Languages.

Icons on the toolbar

Icon Sort Ascending
Icon Sort Descending

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