How to Sort Ascending Numerically in Excel. ... If you're creating a new spreadsheet, be sure to input all of the numeric data you want to sort in the same column.

Sorting shortcuts can do the same thing without removing your hands from the keyboard: With the cursor anywhere in the column you want to sort by (within the data set, of course), press Alt-A-S-A ...

Sorting is one of Microsoft Excel's easiest tasks. Click; you're done! At least until you need to sort by multiple columns. For this sort task, you'll need a custom sort. Here's how.

a (required) is the range or array you want to sort, ; b¹ (required) is the first range or array by which you want the data to be sorted, ; b² (optional) is the sort order for b¹, and ...