Sorting is one of Microsoft Excel's easiest tasks. Click; you're done! At least until you need to sort by multiple columns. For this sort task, you'll need a custom sort. Here's how.

How to Sort Multiple Rows and Columns in Excel. With Microsoft Excel's powerful sorting capabilities, you can enter unsorted data and let the software sort your data numerically, alphabetically or ...

Using Built-In Excel Functions Another way to split data into multiple columns is to use some of Microsoft Excel's functions. If you choose this route, remember that the split values will be ...

Matching One Column Data with Another in Excel. If you don't have a keen eye and a perfect memory, you probably can't spot all the differences between two data columns in a large worksheet.