Re: Sorting (RE: Gnumeric 0.57 - comment, request, and question.)

[Charles Sullivan <cwsulliv triad rr com>]

I was concerned with the number of different sort orders.

Thanks for the info about the maximum for Excel being 3.

At 09:14 AM 11/10/2000 +1000, Phillip Shelton wrote:
> Um, are we worried by the number of different sort orders or the size of the
> dataset that can be sorted?
>
> You can sort all of an excel datasheet if you have the memory for it.  But
> you can only specify the sort order on 3 columns.
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> >
> > At 04:02 PM 11/08/2000 -0500, Charles Sullivan wrote:
> > > At 06:56 PM 11/08/2000 +0000, John Gill wrote:
> > > > > > Question: Is there any basic reason why the number of columns
> > > > > > which can be simultaneously sorted is limited to 3?
> > > >
> > > > In 0.57 it appears you can sort by as many columns as you have
> > > > selected.  Just use the Add button.
> > > >
> > > > I seem to recall Excel limits you to 3, but I may be doing it an
> > > > injustice.
> > >
> > > I'll try Gnumeric again to be sure, but when I tried it yesterday it
> > > seemed like it wouldn't handle more than 3.
> >
> > I don't know what I did wrong the other day, but when I tried it again
> > it worked up to at least 6 columns, which was the size of my data.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Charles Sullivan
> >
> >
> >
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