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Stupid Excel Question

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  1. Rocketman95

    Rocketman95 Hangout Boy

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    But I need it in a hurry.

    I have a column that is full of random six-digit numbers. I want to order it from the third row until the end from 1-whatever. How do I do that?
     
  2. francis 4 prez

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    do you just mean sort it in ascending order? just highlight the cells and either click the sort button (the one with A and Z and a down arrow) or go to Data and Sort.

    or maybe i misunderstood the question.
     
  3. codell

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    There are no stupid excel questions. Only stupid excel answers.

    :)
     
  4. Rocketman95

    Rocketman95 Hangout Boy

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    Right now it's like this:

    376281
    482901
    874633
    984762

    I want to replace that with:

    1
    2
    3
    4

    If there weren't over 2600 rows, I'd just do it manually. :)
     
  5. A_3PO

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    In the column, select only the cells you want to sort. Then do, data, sort, ascending order.
     
  6. wizkid83

    wizkid83 Member

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    Highlight, then go to Data->Sort->choose ascending in the popup.
     
  7. thelasik

    thelasik Contributing Member

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    You can edit the first three cells or so:

    1
    2
    3


    Highlight those three cells from top to bottom then double click on the square on the bottom right of the selection.
     
  8. Rocketman95

    Rocketman95 Hangout Boy

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    Not sure I could have come up with a more appropriate thread title.

    Thanks guys!
     

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