Adobe GoLive 9

To sort the contents of a table

  1. Select a table or group of cells you want to sort.
  2. Right-click and choose Sort Table, or choose Sort on the Select tab of the Tables & Boxes panel.
  3. In the Sort Table dialog box, choose Rows or Columns from the Sort pop-up menu:

    • Choose Rows if you want the contents of one or more columns to appear in numerical and alphabetical order.

    • Choose Columns if you want the contents of one or more rows to appear in numerical and alphabetical order.

  4. In the Sort By pop-up menu, do one of the following:

    • If you chose Rows in step 3, choose the primary column with contents that you want to appear in numerical and alphabetical order.

    • If you chose Columns in step 3, choose the primary row with contents that you want to appear in numerical and alphabetical order.

  5. From the adjacent pop-up menu, choose Ascending or Descending to specify the sorting order.
  6. In the first Then By pop-up menu, do one of the following:

    • If you don’t want to specify a secondary column or row to be used in the sort criteria, choose None.

    • If you chose Rows in step 3, choose the secondary column in the table with contents that you want to appear in numerical and alphabetical order.

    • If you chose Columns in step 3, choose the secondary row in the table with contents that you want to appear in numerical and alphabetical order.

  7. From the adjacent pop-up menu, choose Ascending or Descending to specify the sorting order.
  8. In the second Then By pop-up menu, do one of the following:

    • If you don’t want to specify a tertiary column or row to be used in the sort criteria, choose None.

    • If you chose Rows in step 3, choose the tertiary column in the table with contents that you want to appear in numerical and alphabetical order.

    • If you chose Columns in step 3, choose the tertiary row in the table with contents that you want to appear in numerical and alphabetical order.

  9. From the adjacent pop-up menu, choose Ascending or Descending to specify the sorting order.
  10. From the pop-up menu at the bottom of the Sort Table dialog box, choose Sort Whole Table to sort the entire table. Choose Sort Without Header to exclude the first row when the table is sorted. If only a portion of a table is selected, you can choose Sort Selection Only to sort only the selection instead of the entire table.