If the natural data can't support the sorting and filtering requirements, you might need to add an index column and sort by it.

Sorting is one of Microsoft Excel's easiest tasks. Click; you're done! At least until you need to sort by multiple columns. For this sort task, you'll need a custom sort. Here's how.

How to Sort Multiple Rows and Columns in Excel. With Microsoft Excel's powerful sorting capabilities, you can enter unsorted data and let the software sort your data numerically, alphabetically or ...

I need to query against a column which contains build numbers stored as an NVARCHAR.Sorting works fine until you get into double-digit versions.This works ...

The gHacks blog points out a great, but lesser-known feature in Microsoft Outlook: You can sort by multiple columns at the same time with an easy trick. All you need to do is hold down the Shift ...

A MacFixIt reader writes in to alert us to a Finder bug that does not allow column sorting in the search window. After testing this on my machine, I can confirm that it seems to be a bug.