The only way this will work is if your table is actually a two-column table
in three newspaper-style columns.

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"genoaj" wrote in message
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If I want to have something like the following sorted by last name , how
do I
make it sort all 3 columns of last name ? I tried using a table and
sorting
by last name but that sorts each last name column separately:

last name first name last name first name last
name
first name



Thanks for any help-this is making me nuts.