Column.Sort Method (Word)
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.