Column.Sort Method
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Sorts the specified table column.
Syntax
expression.Sort(ExcludeHeader, SortFieldType, SortOrder, CaseSensitive, BidiSort, IgnoreThe, IgnoreKashida, IgnoreDiacritics, IgnoreHe, LanguageID)
expression Required. A variable that represents a Column object.
Parameters
| Name | Required/Optional | Data Type | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| ExcludeHeader | Optional | Variant | True to exclude the first row or paragraph header from the sort operation. The default value is False. |
| SortFieldType | Optional | Variant | The sort type for the column. Can be one of the WdSortFieldType constants. |
| SortOrder | Optional | Variant | The sorting order to use for the column. Can be one WdSortOrder constant. |
| CaseSensitive | Optional | Variant | True to sort with case sensitivity. The default value is False. |
| BidiSort | Optional | Variant | True to sort based on right-to-left language rules. This argument may not be available to you, depending on the language support (U.S. English, for example) that you’ve selected or installed. |
| IgnoreThe | Optional | Variant | True to ignore the Arabic character alef lam when sorting right-to-left language text. This argument may not be available to you, depending on the language support (U.S. English, for example) that you’ve selected or installed. |
| IgnoreKashida | Optional | Variant | True to ignore kashidas when sorting right-to-left language text. This argument may not be available to you, depending on the language support (U.S. English, for example) that you’ve selected or installed. |
| IgnoreDiacritics | Optional | Variant | True to ignore bidirectional control characters when sorting right-to-left language text. This argument may not be available to you, depending on the language support (U.S. English, for example) that you’ve selected or installed. |
| IgnoreHe | Optional | Variant | True to ignore the Hebrew character he when sorting right-to-left language text. This argument may not be available to you, depending on the language support (U.S. English, for example) that you’ve selected or installed. |
| LanguageID | Optional | Variant | Specifies the sorting language. Can be one of the WdLanguageID constants. |
Remarks
If you want to sort paragraphs within a table cell, include only the paragraphs and not the end-of-cell mark; if you include the end-of-cell mark in a selection or range and then attempt to sort the paragraphs, Word displays a message stating that it found no valid records to sort.
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