Microsoft KB Archive/129225

= Can Sort Only 500 Rows When Sorting Left to Right =

Article ID: 129225

Article Last Modified on 8/15/2005

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Excel 95 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Excel 5.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Excel 5.0 for Macintosh

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This article was previously published under Q129225





SUMMARY
When you sort columns from left to right, there is a limitation of 500 rows to sort by.



MORE INFORMATION
To sort columns instead of rows, follow these steps:
 * 1) On the Data menu, click Sort.
 * 2) In the Sort dialog box, click Options, click Sort Left To Right, and then click OK.
 * 3) In the "Sort By" field, select the row you want to sort by.

This field allows you to only select a row from the first 500 rows within your sort area.

The user interface used for sorting has changed from Microsoft Excel 4.0 to Microsoft Excel 5.0. The limit of 500 rows was chosen to avoid running out of memory while populating the list for the "Sort By" field.

