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27<title xml-lang="en-US" id="tit">Sorting Data</title>
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33<bookmark_value>database ranges; sorting</bookmark_value>
34<bookmark_value>sorting; database ranges</bookmark_value>
35<bookmark_value>data;sorting in databases</bookmark_value>
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37<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3150767" role="heading" level="1" l10n="U"><variable id="database_sort"><link href="text/scalc/guide/database_sort.xhp" name="Sorting Database Ranges">Sorting Data</link>
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41<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3145751" role="listitem" l10n="U">Click in a database range.</paragraph>
42<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id121020081121549" role="listitem" l10n="NEW">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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45<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN10635" role="listitem" l10n="NEW">Choose <item type="menuitem">Data - Sort</item>.</paragraph>
46<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id121020081121547" role="listitem" l10n="NEW">The range of cells that will get sorted is shown in inverted colors.</paragraph>
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49<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN10645" role="listitem" l10n="NEW">Select the sort options that you want.</paragraph>
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52<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN1063D" role="listitem" l10n="NEW">Click <emph>OK</emph>.</paragraph>
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57<embed href="text/scalc/guide/database_filter.xhp#database_filter"/>
58<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id1846980" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW"><link href="https://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/How_Tos/Defining_a_Data_Range">Wiki page about defining a data range</link></paragraph>
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