How to Alphabetize by Last Name in Microsoft Word

by joejoerowley in Circuits > Software

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How to Alphabetize by Last Name in Microsoft Word

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In this instructable I am going to teach you how alphabetize by last name in MS word. It is a really handy tool that is very useful at time.

HIghlight Names

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The first thing you have to do after typing in the names is highlight them.

Sort!

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Now after highlighting the text Click the Table menu then Sort. When you are in the sort dialog box chose sort by Word 2 and Click OK.

List Has Been Alphabetized

Congratulations! Now your list has been alphabetized by last name. This should save you a lot of time. Please ask questions and leave comments. Thanks for reading!
Joe Rowley
JoeR14 (at) gmail {dot] com