Can I sort in excel but read the cell values from right to left?

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I have an excel worksheet list of names and email addresses. Some of the email addresses, however, are cutoff on the right and have "...".

For example: some email addresses are "test@test_user...".

How can I sort this list, reading the cell values from right to left so I can find the "..." and/or the proper ".com".

dwstein

Posted 2014-10-17T20:56:27.927

Reputation: 171

Were they entered like this, or is it just excel that doesn't fully show it because the cell is too small? As in: if you make the column wider, will they show normally? – LPChip – 2014-10-17T21:11:23.223

entered like this. someone copied a column out of a crm instead of exporting to a csv. – dwstein – 2014-10-17T21:21:12.270

Answers

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As I am not sure what version of Excel you are using, in Excel 2010 (but,it is similar in other versions):

  • Highlight your data

  • go to Data

  • select Sort

  • Once the Sorting dialog box opens, go to Options (figure 1) and there, you can select the radio box labelled left to right (figure 2):

figure 1

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figure 2

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Make sure the correct row is selected in row, in the Sort On menu, select Values and in the Order menu, select Custom Lists (figure 3)

figure 3

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Select NEW LIST and then enter your values.

user375162

Posted 2014-10-17T20:56:27.927

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