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There are many times when i highlight rows in an excel spreadsheet and
sometimes I use different colors say for example green for quot;winsquot;, red for
quot;lossesquot; and blue for quot;in progressquot;.

If you didnt have those quot;wordsquot; in a separate column but did have the row
color coded with these colors, there is no way to sort the column by color
and that would be very helpful if you could do that.

Any thoughts?

Jeff Watkins

Area Sales Rep - New England

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See this two sites

www.xldynamic.com/source/xld.ColourCounter.html
www.cpearson.com/excel/SortByColor.htm

You can use this add-in to filter on color
www.rondebruin.nl/easyfilter.htm--
Regards Ron de Bruin
www.rondebruin.nlquot;Jeff Watkinsquot; lt;Jeff gt; wrote in message ...
gt; There are many times when i highlight rows in an excel spreadsheet and
gt; sometimes I use different colors say for example green for quot;winsquot;, red for
gt; quot;lossesquot; and blue for quot;in progressquot;.
gt;
gt; If you didnt have those quot;wordsquot; in a separate column but did have the row
gt; color coded with these colors, there is no way to sort the column by color
gt; and that would be very helpful if you could do that.
gt;
gt; Any thoughts?
gt;
gt; Jeff Watkins
gt;
gt; Area Sales Rep - New England
gt;
gt; ----------------
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gt; Agreequot; button in the message pane. If you do not see the button, follow this
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Check out: www.xldynamic.com/source/xld.ColourCounter.html

quot;Jeff Watkinsquot; wrote:

gt; There are many times when i highlight rows in an excel spreadsheet and
gt; sometimes I use different colors say for example green for quot;winsquot;, red for
gt; quot;lossesquot; and blue for quot;in progressquot;.
gt;
gt; If you didnt have those quot;wordsquot; in a separate column but did have the row
gt; color coded with these colors, there is no way to sort the column by color
gt; and that would be very helpful if you could do that.
gt;
gt; Any thoughts?
gt;
gt; Jeff Watkins
gt;
gt; Area Sales Rep - New England
gt;
gt; ----------------
gt; This post is a suggestion for Microsoft, and Microsoft responds to the
gt; suggestions with the most votes. To vote for this suggestion, click the quot;I
gt; Agreequot; button in the message pane. If you do not see the button, follow this
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gt; click quot;I Agreequot; in the message pane.
gt;
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Rather than color the rows manually, I would put codes (quot;Wquot;, quot;Lquot; and
something for quot;In Progressquot; in the example given) in the first column
and use Conditional Formatting to color the rows based on the codes.
(What can I say? I'm lazy.) Then I'd perform a sort on that column,
basing the order on what I'd like to see first.Thanks for the tips... I have used the conditioning formats before, I just
dont understand why Microsoft hasnt built the color sorting into excel, seems
like it would be helpful to have that.

I am trying the 3rd party addins right now and trying to figure out a
workaround, thanks again to all for the help.

Jeff

quot;Mark Lincolnquot; wrote:

gt; Rather than color the rows manually, I would put codes (quot;Wquot;, quot;Lquot; and
gt; something for quot;In Progressquot; in the example given) in the first column
gt; and use Conditional Formatting to color the rows based on the codes.
gt; (What can I say? I'm lazy.) Then I'd perform a sort on that column,
gt; basing the order on what I'd like to see first.
gt;
gt;

Jeff,
I don't know of any third party add-ins that will sort conditional formatted cells -
my commercial add-in won't do that, but it does sort conventionally added colors...
www.officeletter.com/blink/specialsort.html
Jim Cone
San Francisco, USAquot;Jeff Watkinsquot; gt; wrote in message ...
Thanks for the tips... I have used the conditioning formats before, I just
dont understand why Microsoft hasnt built the color sorting into excel, seems
like it would be helpful to have that.

I am trying the 3rd party addins right now and trying to figure out a
workaround, thanks again to all for the help.

Jeff

quot;Mark Lincolnquot; wrote:

gt; Rather than color the rows manually, I would put codes (quot;Wquot;, quot;Lquot; and
gt; something for quot;In Progressquot; in the example given) in the first column
gt; and use Conditional Formatting to color the rows based on the codes.
gt; (What can I say? I'm lazy.) Then I'd perform a sort on that column,
gt; basing the order on what I'd like to see first.
gt;
gt;

I would like to try that program you have created, can you email it to me or
how do I go about taking a closer look at it?

Thanks for the help.

Jeff

quot;Jeff Watkinsquot; wrote:

gt; There are many times when i highlight rows in an excel spreadsheet and
gt; sometimes I use different colors say for example green for quot;winsquot;, red for
gt; quot;lossesquot; and blue for quot;in progressquot;.
gt;
gt; If you didnt have those quot;wordsquot; in a separate column but did have the row
gt; color coded with these colors, there is no way to sort the column by color
gt; and that would be very helpful if you could do that.
gt;
gt; Any thoughts?
gt;
gt; Jeff Watkins
gt;
gt; Area Sales Rep - New England
gt;
gt; ----------------
gt; This post is a suggestion for Microsoft, and Microsoft responds to the
gt; suggestions with the most votes. To vote for this suggestion, click the quot;I
gt; Agreequot; button in the message pane. If you do not see the button, follow this
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gt; click quot;I Agreequot; in the message pane.
gt;
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Jim Cone
San Francisco, USA
quot;Jeff Watkinsquot; wrote in message...
I would like to try that program you have created, can you email it to me or
how do I go about taking a closer look at it?
Thanks for the help.
Jeff
quot;Jeff Watkinsquot; wrote:
gt; There are many times when i highlight rows in an excel spreadsheet and
gt; sometimes I use different colors say for example green for quot;winsquot;, red for
gt; quot;lossesquot; and blue for quot;in progressquot;.
gt;
gt; If you didnt have those quot;wordsquot; in a separate column but did have the row
gt; color coded with these colors, there is no way to sort the column by color
gt; and that would be very helpful if you could do that.gt;
gt; Any thoughts?gt;
gt; Jeff Watkins
gt;
gt; Area Sales Rep - New England