How can I sort a portion of a table in Word 2007?

[Bob Arnett]

I have a table in which I want to sort only a portion; not entire rows or
columns.
for instance, if my table is:

1 2 3 4 5 6
7 8 9 10 11 12
13 14 15 16 17 18
19 20 21 22 23 24
25 26 27 28 29 30

and I want to sort only the rectangle from 15 to 28 with descending columns
so that it ends up with:

1 2 3 4 5 6
7 8 9 10 11 12
13 14 27 28 17 18
19 20 21 22 23 24
25 26 15 16 29 30

Is this possible?

 

[John McGhie]

Anything is possible, but that one is a lot of work.

Tell us why you need to do this? We may be able to suggest a better
approach.

When you get back to us, you will need to specify your exact version of
operating system and Word, otherwise we can't (and won't!) attempt to answer


Cheers

I have a table in which I want to sort only a portion; not entire rows or
columns.
for instance, if my table is:

1 2 3 4 5 6
7 8 9 10 11 12
13 14 15 16 17 18
19 20 21 22 23 24
25 26 27 28 29 30

and I want to sort only the rectangle from 15 to 28 with descending columns
so that it ends up with:

1 2 3 4 5 6
7 8 9 10 11 12
13 14 27 28 17 18
19 20 21 22 23 24
25 26 15 16 29 30

Is this possible?

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