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         <title id="tit">Sorting Data </title>
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<bookmark_value>database ranges; sorting</bookmark_value>
<bookmark_value>sorting; database ranges</bookmark_value>
<bookmark_value>data;sorting in databases</bookmark_value>
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<h1 id="hd_id3150767"><variable id="database_sort"><link href="text/scalc/guide/database_sort.xhp">Sorting Data</link></variable></h1>
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            <paragraph id="par_id3145751" role="listitem">Click in a database range.</paragraph>
            <paragraph id="par_id121020081121549" role="listitem">If you select a range of cells, only these cells will get sorted. If you just click one cell without selecting, then the whole database range will get sorted.</paragraph>
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            <paragraph id="par_idN10635" role="listitem">Choose <item type="menuitem">Data - Sort</item>.</paragraph>
            <paragraph id="par_id121020081121547" role="listitem">The range of cells that will get sorted is shown in inverted colors.</paragraph>
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            <paragraph id="par_idN10645" role="listitem">Select the <link href="text/scalc/01/12030200.xhp">sort options</link> that you want.</paragraph>
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            <paragraph id="par_idN1063D" role="listitem">Click <emph>OK</emph>.</paragraph>
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         <embed href="text/scalc/guide/database_filter.xhp#database_filter"/>
         <embed href="text/scalc/guide/sorted_list.xhp#sorted_list"/>
         <paragraph id="par_id1846980" role="paragraph"><link href="https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Documentation/How_Tos/Defining_a_Data_Range">Wiki page about defining a data range</link></paragraph>
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