• Pasting and Sorting

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    Help please!
    I have a large spreadsheet that I’m using as mail merge data for labels. I created it from a converted text file from another organization and then pasted in 3 separate chunks from other Excel spreadsheets.

    My problem is when I try to sort the whole sheet by zip code, it sorts the converted section separate from the database section, effectively creating two zip-sorted files in one. It will sort the whole file by city or address, but not by zip.

    I’ve tried changing the cell format for the whole column, sorting a small section near the transition point, and cutting one record out and pasting it at the bottom and then sorting. Nothing is working…
    Is there anything I can do to make it all one list?

    Thanks!

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    • #570141

      The usual problem is a mix of text, numbers and zip-code formatted numbers. There’s a good discussion of Zip Code sorting problems in this thread that should help you (read the entire thread, don’t be put off by the side discussion on sorting). If it doesn’t help, come back and ask again.

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