Apache OpenOffice (AOO) Bugzilla – Issue 18820
Horizontal Sort function requested
Last modified: 2013-08-07 15:15:02 UTC
I just created an internal problem report for my CAD-projects and found out, that a horizontal sort possibility would be helpful. Please look at the attached example "horizontalSort" In columns A/B you find project number and project text, which are already sorted with the standard sort option. In C2:I2 you find a list with problems I had in the projects, and an "X" shows, in which problem in which project appeared. The work on such a "database" never will by systematic: First I work on project 100 and find problem Z Next I work on project 45 and find problem Q Next I work on project 10 and find problem Y Next I work on project 1 and find problem X . and so on . . . After some Time I will like to bring some order into the table. No Problem for the projects, I can sort the lines without Problems. But If I want to get an alphabetic order to the problems (start with "Border not visible", end with "ZZZZ", I must sort all columns manually. A "Horizontal Sort" (working in all details as the normal "vertical sort") would be a great tool for me. I think this is not so very important for the "atabase use", But CALC also is a powerful tool to create amazing tables for presentations, documentations and similar, and for these needs I see much sense for this enhancement. Any votes from other users who see this similar? Rainer
There is some relation to issue 17776
Created attachment 8881 [details] Table with need for horiontal sort function
Hi Bettina, 1 4 u. Frank
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Open the Sort dialog, second tabpage "Options", there "left to right" (below). Remember to switch "Contains headers" on/off by your needs, and to specify the sorting row in the first tabpage.
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