Sort Method

Sort method as it applies to the Column object.

Sorts the specified table column.

expression.Sort(ExcludeHeader, SortFieldType, SortOrder, CaseSensitive, BidiSort, IgnoreThe, IgnoreKashida, IgnoreDiacritics, IgnoreHe, LanguageID)

expression Required. An expression that returns a Column object.

ExcludeHeader   Optional Variant. True to exclude the first row or paragraph header from the sort operation. The default value is False.

WdSortFieldType

wdSortFieldAlphanumericDefault

wdSortFieldDate

wdSortFieldJapanJIS

wdSortFieldKoreaKS

wdSortFieldNumeric

wdSortFieldStroke

wdSortFieldSyllable

WdSortOrder

wdSortOrderAscendingDefault

wdSortOrderDescending

CaseSensitive   Optional Variant. True to sort with case sensitivity. The default value is False.

BidiSort   Optional Variant. True to sort based on right-to-left language rules. This argument may not be available to you, depending on the language support (U.S. English, for example) that you've selected or installed.

IgnoreThe   Optional Variant. True to ignore the Arabic character alef lam when sorting right-to-left language text. This argument may not be available to you, depending on the language support (U.S. English, for example) that you've selected or installed.

IgnoreKashida   Optional Variant. True to ignore kashidas when sorting right-to-left language text. This argument may not be available to you, depending on the language support (U.S. English, for example) that you've selected or installed.

IgnoreDiacritics   Optional Variant. True to ignore bidirectional control characters when sorting right-to-left language text. This argument may not be available to you, depending on the language support (U.S. English, for example) that you've selected or installed.

IgnoreHe   Optional Variant. True to ignore the Hebrew character he when sorting right-to-left language text. This argument may not be available to you, depending on the language support (U.S. English, for example) that you've selected or installed.

LanguageID   Optional Variant. Optional Variant. LanguageIDOptional Variant. Specifies the sorting language. Can be one of the WdLanguageID constants. Refer to the Object Browser for a list of the WdLanguageID constants.

Remarks

If you want to sort paragraphs within a table cell, include only the paragraphs and not the end-of-cell mark; if you include the end-of-cell mark in a selection or range and then attempt to sort the paragraphs, Word displays a message stating that it found no valid records to sort.

Sort method as it applies to the Range and Selection objects.

Sorts the paragraphs in the specified range or selection.

expression.Sort(ExcludeHeader, FieldNumber, SortFieldType, SortOrder, FieldNumber2, SortFieldType2, SortOrder2, FieldNumber3, SortFieldType3, SortOrder3, SortColumn, Separator, CaseSensitive, BidiSort, IgnoreThe, IgnoreKashida, IgnoreDiacritics, IgnoreHe, LanguageID)

expression Required. An expression that returns one of the above objects.

ExcludeHeader   Optional Variant. True to exclude the first row or paragraph header from the sort operation. The default value is False.

FieldNumber, FieldNumber2   , FieldNumber3Optional Variant. The fields to sort by. Microsoft Word sorts by FieldNumber, then by FieldNumber2, and then by FieldNumber3.

WdSortFieldType

wdSortFieldAlphanumeric

wdSortFieldDate

wdSortFieldJapanJIS

wdSortFieldKoreaKS

wdSortFieldNumeric

wdSortFieldStroke

wdSortFieldSyllable

The default value is wdSortFieldAlphanumeric. Some of these constants may not be available to you, depending on the language support (U.S. English, for example) that you've selected or installed.

WdSortOrder

wdSortOrderAscending Default.

wdSortOrderDescending

SortColumn   Optional Variant. True to sort only the column specified by the Range or Selection object.

WdSortSeparator

wdSortSeparateByCommas Default.

wdSortSeparateByDefaultTableSeparator

wdSortSeparateByTabs

CaseSensitive   Optional Variant. True to sort with case sensitivity. The default value is False.

BidiSort   Optional Variant. True to sort based on right-to-left language rules. This argument may not be available to you, depending on the language support (U.S. English, for example) that you've selected or installed.

IgnoreThe   Optional Variant. True to ignore the Arabic character alef lam when sorting right-to-left language text. This argument may not be available to you, depending on the language support (U.S. English, for example) that you've selected or installed.

IgnoreKashida   Optional Variant. True to ignore kashidas when sorting right-to-left language text. This argument may not be available to you, depending on the language support (U.S. English, for example) that you've selected or installed.

IgnoreDiacritics   Optional Variant. True to ignore bidirectional control characters when sorting right-to-left language text. This argument may not be available to you, depending on the language support (U.S. English, for example) that you've selected or installed.

IgnoreHe   Optional Variant. True to ignore the Hebrew character he when sorting right-to-left language text. This argument may not be available to you, depending on the language support (U.S. English, for example) that you've selected or installed.

LanguageID   Optional Variant. LanguageIDOptional Variant. Specifies the sorting language. Can be one of the WdLanguageID constants. Refer to the Object Browser for a list of the WdLanguageID constants.

SubFieldNumber, SubFieldNumber2, SubFieldNumber3   Optional Variant. (Applies to the Selection object only.)

Sort method as it applies to the Table object.

Sorts the specified table.

expression.Sort(ExcludeHeader, FieldNumber, SortFieldType, SortOrder, FieldNumber2, SortFieldType2, SortOrder2, FieldNumber3, SortFieldType3, SortOrder3, CaseSensitive, BidiSort, IgnoreThe, IgnoreKashida, IgnoreDiacritics, IgnoreHe, LanguageID)

expression Required. An expression that returns a Table object.

ExcludeHeader   Optional Variant. True to exclude the first row or paragraph header from the sort operation. The default value is False.

FieldNumber, FieldNumber2   , FieldNumber3Optional Variant. The fields to sort by. Microsoft Word sorts by FieldNumber, then by FieldNumber2, and then by FieldNumber3.

WdSortFieldType

wdSortFieldAlphanumeric

wdSortFieldDate

wdSortFieldJapanJIS

wdSortFieldKoreaKS

wdSortFieldNumeric

wdSortFieldStroke

wdSortFieldSyllable

The default value is wdSortFieldAlphanumeric. Some of these constants may not be available to you, depending on the language support (U.S. English, for example) that you've selected or installed.

WdSortOrder

wdSortOrderAscending Default.

wdSortOrderDescending

CaseSensitive   Optional Variant. True to sort with case sensitivity. The default value is False.

BidiSort   Optional Variant. True to sort based on right-to-left language rules. This argument may not be available to you, depending on the language support (U.S. English, for example) that you've selected or installed.

IgnoreThe   Optional Variant. True to ignore the Arabic character alef lam when sorting right-to-left language text. This argument may not be available to you, depending on the language support (U.S. English, for example) that you've selected or installed.

IgnoreKashida   Optional Variant. True to ignore kashidas when sorting right-to-left language text. This argument may not be available to you, depending on the language support (U.S. English, for example) that you've selected or installed.

IgnoreDiacritics   Optional Variant. True to ignore bidirectional control characters when sorting right-to-left language text. This argument may not be available to you, depending on the language support (U.S. English, for example) that you've selected or installed.

IgnoreHe   Optional Variant. True to ignore the Hebrew character he when sorting right-to-left language text. This argument may not be available to you, depending on the language support (U.S. English, for example) that you've selected or installed.

LanguageID   Optional Variant. Specifies the sorting language. Can be one of the WdLanguageID constants. Refer to the Object Browser for a list of the WdLanguageID constants.

Example

As it applies to the Table object.

This example sorts the first table in the active document, excluding the heading row.

Sub NewTableSort()
    ActiveDocument.Tables(Index:=1)
    Selection.Sort ExcludeHeader:=True
End Sub

As it applies to the Range or Selection object.

This example inserts three lines of text into a new document and then sorts the lines in ascending alphanumeric order

Sub NewParagraphSort()
    Dim newDoc As Document
    Set newDoc = Documents.Add
    newDoc.Content.InsertAfter "pear" & Chr(13) _
        & "zucchini" & Chr(13) & "apple" & Chr(13)
    newDoc.Content.Sort SortOrder:=wdSortOrderAscending
End Sub

Applies to | Column Object | Range Object | Selection Object | Table Object

See Also | SortAscending Method | SortDescending Method