[Robert M. Franz (RMF)]

Hi Andrew

Andrew42 wrote:
I have an inventory list which is four columns wide (A-D) and about 250 lines
long. It is divided into sections like Furniture, Paintings, Siverware etc.

"Sections" is a technical term with very special meaning in Word -- I
guess you are _not_ in fact talking about a section break between
Furniture and Paintings, right? So let's talk about categories, then.


In between each section are blank rows one of which will include the new
Section Title.

So, in effect, you are dealing with one very large table.


Column A contains either 1,2 or nothing.

I wish to sort on that column A. However it doen't work. I
have tried highlighting the column and sorting - nothing changes
I have tried highlighting the whole table and sorting on column A - nothing
changes.

You can easily sort within one of your categories. Simply select all its
rows (w/o the title row), and sort after column A.


Can someone help please

Also is it possible to filter a table in Word so that for example only the
items with 1 in column A are displayed?

Not easily, not w/o macro code, I guess.

Excel would be suited a lot better for that task.

HTH
Robert
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