Re: [libreoffice-users] LibreOffice Sort Bug ?

If "Sort By" shows the data in the first cell then it is being treated 
as a column header.  Go to the Options tab and correct the item 
regarding the sort range including the header.

Dave




On 3/25/2015 16:06, Wade Smart wrote:
> Hmm I just tried to sort going through the
> sort menu and I still cant get it to sort
> properly.
>
> It does numbers just fine though.
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> On Wed, Mar 25, 2015 at 6:04 PM, Wade Smart <wadesmart@gmail.com> wrote:
> > **cough cough** .. feature understood.
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> > On Wed, Mar 25, 2015 at 6:02 PM, Michael Tiernan
> > <michael.tiernan@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > On 3/25/15 6:53 PM, Wade Smart wrote:
> > > > I have 4.2.7.2 on Ubuntu 14.04 and you are correct, sort is not working.
> > > When I reported it, I provided a great deal of information about it and
> > > was told "Not a bug" and "works for me" by those who have the power to
> > > close bugs.
> > >
> > > My argument was/is that if you use the sort arrows (as you have done
> > > here) then you're asking/telling LO to sort the selected rows with no
> > > options.
> > >
> > > Instead it was deemed correct that instead, LO assumes the first cell
> > > found is used as a label regardless of any other settings.
> > >
> > > This "feature" (*cough*) cost me a number of hours of work to get around
> > > and avoid.
> > >
> > > The argument is that since you can use the "Sort" menu option and change
> > > this behavior *for each sort occurrence* then there's a work around for
> > > the "feature" and we should be happy with that.
> > >
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