Did you see my previous reply-- In the sort dialog, uncheck "My data has headers" in the upper-right corner.
Conversely, you can check the box if you do have headers and it's not already checked. You can also format your headers in Bold/underline, and Excel will usually default to detecting them as headers for sorting and filtering. Let us know if this solves the issue for you. Cheers, Asa From: excel-macros@googlegroups.com [mailto:excel-macros@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of tangledweb Sent: Monday, March 26, 2012 4:00 PM To: excel-macros@googlegroups.com Subject: $$Excel-Macros$$ Re: Is there a way to tell excel the first row is definitely data and not column names? I have several columns of text data. Excel wants to make the first row column names so they do not get sorted when I sort the columns. Is there a way to tell excel to treat the row as data and not column names/headers (and conversely can you tell it to make the first row be column names when it is wanting to treat it as data)? On Saturday, March 24, 2012 9:46:29 AM UTC-7, tangledweb wrote: Excel keeps wanting to override me and make row 1 be column headers but in a particular case I need it to be just data. Any way to force this? -- FORUM RULES (986+ members already BANNED for violation) 1) Use concise, accurate thread titles. Poor thread titles, like Please Help, Urgent, Need Help, Formula Problem, Code Problem, and Need Advice will not get quick attention or may not be answered. 2) Don't post a question in the thread of another member. 3) Don't post questions regarding breaking or bypassing any security measure. 4) Acknowledge the responses you receive, good or bad. 5) Cross-promotion of, or links to, forums competitive to this forum in signatures are prohibited. NOTE : Don't ever post personal or confidential data in a workbook. Forum owners and members are not responsible for any loss. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------- To post to this group, send email to excel-macros@googlegroups.com -- FORUM RULES (986+ members already BANNED for violation) 1) Use concise, accurate thread titles. Poor thread titles, like Please Help, Urgent, Need Help, Formula Problem, Code Problem, and Need Advice will not get quick attention or may not be answered. 2) Don't post a question in the thread of another member. 3) Don't post questions regarding breaking or bypassing any security measure. 4) Acknowledge the responses you receive, good or bad. 5) Cross-promotion of, or links to, forums competitive to this forum in signatures are prohibited. NOTE : Don't ever post personal or confidential data in a workbook. Forum owners and members are not responsible for any loss. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ To post to this group, send email to excel-macros@googlegroups.com
