Can I automatically sort an updated table? in Word Tables  
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Jean 10/1/2006 10:22 PM PST
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  Each month, I create a daily "to do" list in a table format with columns
designating various entries such as Assigned Date, Action Date, Item,
Mileage, etc. My list is made in day-of-the-month order under the "Assigned
Date" column.

Oft times I need to go back and update/insert an item (such as
information/to record business mileage) that occured several days back ...
then I must manually highlight the "Assigned Date" column to re-sort the
table so that it appears in "day order". Is there a way to have this column
automatically sorted each time I make an entry?
 
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Shauna Kelly 10/2/2006 5:18 AM PST
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  Hi Jean

No, there's no way to do that automatically.

Hope this helps.

Shauna Kelly. Microsoft MVP.
http://www.shaunakelly.com/word


"Jean" <Jean@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Each month, I create a daily "to do" list in a table format with columns
> designating various entries such as Assigned Date, Action Date, Item,
> Mileage, etc. My list is made in day-of-the-month order under the
> "Assigned
> Date" column.
>
> Oft times I need to go back and update/insert an item (such as
> information/to record business mileage) that occured several days back ...
> then I must manually highlight the "Assigned Date" column to re-sort the
> table so that it appears in "day order". Is there a way to have this
> column
> automatically sorted each time I make an entry?


 
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Suzanne S. Barnhill 10/2/2006 6:50 AM PST
   
  Instead of adding the item at the end of the table, why not just insert a
row at the appropriate place so that you don't have to resort?

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"Jean" <Jean@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:16C3B2D4-E203-423C-B6A8-201AC72070A9@microsoft.com...
> Each month, I create a daily "to do" list in a table format with columns
> designating various entries such as Assigned Date, Action Date, Item,
> Mileage, etc. My list is made in day-of-the-month order under the
"Assigned
> Date" column.
>
> Oft times I need to go back and update/insert an item (such as
> information/to record business mileage) that occured several days back ...
> then I must manually highlight the "Assigned Date" column to re-sort the
> table so that it appears in "day order". Is there a way to have this
column
> automatically sorted each time I make an entry?

 
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