Table : how to mix the data in column 1 ?

[MoiMeme]

Hi,

I have a table in Word 2002/XP
I want to mix the data in column 1 ( alphabetic only with , and

Is there a way to achieve that ? I do not want to sort but to mix randomly

TIA !!!

 

[Doug Robbins - Word MVP]

Running a macro containing the following code will sort the table in which
the selection is located in random order (assumes that row 1 is a header row
and is not included in the sort

Dim i As Long, j As Long
Dim atable As Table
Dim acol As Column
Set atable = Selection.Tables(1)
Set acol = atable.Columns.Add(BeforeColumn:=atable.Columns(1))
i = atable.Rows.Count - 1
For j = 2 To i + 1
acol.Cells(j).Range.Text = (i * Rnd) + 1
Next
atable.SortAscending
atable.Columns(1).Delete


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Doug Robbins - Word MVP

 

[Phil]

Thanks a lot.
Works fine.
But my tables that i want to mix up do not contain a header row. So I want
row 1 mixed as well. Have tried to set j to 1 in the for j=2 to i+1, but that
doesn't work. Row 1 still sticks to row 1.
How should I proceed ?

Many thanks ! That was fast and well done.

 

[Phil]

Hi,

have found out that I have to use Sort instead of SortAscending which
excludes row 1 from sort.
Now works as I wanted using simply aTable.Sort ( haven't used parameters
since get error when trying, and default behaviour works fine)

Thanks again for the hints !