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How to sort automatically in Excel
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You can have the data in your Excel table sorted automatically. We'll explain how it's done..

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If you want to list data or results sorted in your Excel spreadsheet, you do not need to clean up manually. Excel sorts your table automatically with a formula. We explain exactly how this works in our instructions.

Tip : You can read here how to sort alphabetically in Excel quickly and easily.

How to sort automatically in Excel

1st step:

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To automatically sort with a formula, you can use the formula = SMALLEST (range; k) . So select a cell in a column where you want the sorted values ​​to be, and then enter the formula. For the range, enter the cells whose values ​​you want to sort. In our example these are cells B2 to B10. Then enter a k . This parameter defines how much the smallest value you want to display. If you enter 2 here, for example, the second smallest value is output, for 3 the third smallest value is output, etc. To sort the values, however, it is advisable to select 1 for k first.

2nd step:

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Now go down one cell and enter the formula again, but instead of 1 for k, choose 2 . One cell below, enter the formula again and then select 3 for k accordingly . After that, keep going down and adjusting your k in the formula until you get to the last cell of your range.

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Your values ​​should now appear sorted in the column, even after you change values ​​in the range you specified. If you would prefer to sort in descending order instead , you can use the formula LARGEST instead of SMALLEST .


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