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Organizing

Your

Data

You

can

create

text

files

as

well

as

numbers

and

formulas_

The

next

example

illustrates

this.

Sorting

a

Range

When

you

update

a

file

of

names,

addresses,

and

phone

numbers,

you

usually

add

data

at

the

end

of

the

file.

To

make

later

reference

easier,

however,

you

need

some

logical

organization.

Alphabetical

order

is

commonly

used.

The

sorting

feature

shown

here

saves

you

time

and

effort

in

the

organization

of

your

data.

To

prepare:

1.

Enter

the

data

shown

in

the

illustration:

Marsh

:„„

PITCH:10

Henry

Miamiburg

OH

45342

Anderson

John

Denver

CO

82222

Jackson

Howard

Stanford

CA

56904

Bennet

William

Westfield

NJ

28854

Higgins

Ruth

Cambridge

MA

11000

Carter

David

Dallas

IX

76021

Bender

William

Freeport

VT

66622

Higgins

Joyce

Atlanta

GA

30341

Fox

Terry

Fremont

CA

94537

Lee

Kevin

Bedford

TX

76021

2.

If

you

want,

make

several

copies

of

the

data

(using

the

copy

function

CODE

+

C)

so

that

you

can

try

several

different

types

of

sorts.

You

are

now

ready

to

go

on

with

the

first

example:

1.

Position

the

cursor

on

Al

and

press

MENU

to

display

the

function

menu.

W4OCOLIMN

FORMAT

RECALC

S0

';

CLEAR

CONVERT

2.

Select

SORT

and

press

RETURN.

This

menu

appears:

IV

kiI/1

geigt.

SELECT

SORT

&

SELECT

3.

Select

SORT

and

press

RETURN.

This

message

appears:

Mark

range

to

be

sorted.

Press

RETURN

when

done.

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