IBM Lotus Symphony


Setting sorting options

Sets additional sorting options.

To access this command...

Choose Data - Sort - Options tab

Case sensitive

Sorts first by uppercase letters and then by lowercase letters. For Asian languages, special handling applies.

Note Icon Note for Asian languages: Check Case Sensitivity to apply multi-level collation. With multi-level collation, entries are first compared in their primitive forms with their cases and diacritics ignored. If they evaluate as the same, their diacritics are taken into account for the second-level comparison. If they still evaluate as the same, their cases, character widths, and Japanese Kana difference are considered for the third-level comparison.

Range contains column/row labels

Omits the first row or the first column in the selection from the sort. The Direction setting at the bottom of the dialog defines the name and function of this check box.

Include formats

Preserves the current cell formatting.

Copy sort results to:

Copies the sorted list to the cell range that you specify.

Sort results

Select a named cell range where you want to display the sorted list, or enter a cell range in the input box.

Sort results

Enter the cell range where you want to display the sorted list, or select a named range from the list.

Custom sort order

Select the custom sort order that you want to apply. To define a custom sort order, choose Sort Lists .

Language

Select the language for the sorting rules.

Options

Select a sorting option for the language. For example, select the "phonebook" option for German to include the umlaut special character in the sorting.

Direction

Top to Bottom (Sort Rows)

Sorts rows by the values in the active columns of the selected range.

Left to Right (Sort Columns)

Sorts columns by the values in the active rows of the selected range.

Data area

Displays the cell range that you want to sort.


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