Microsoft Excel sorts slider buttons alphabetically and numerically. Fortunately, you can add a custom sort list to sort the buttons in a more meaningful way, when necessary.

Not all sorts in Excel are alphabetical. Sometimes, you need to sort by an irregular set of terms, and when that happens, you need to create a custom sort. Here's how.

Open a new Microsoft Excel spreadsheet by clicking the "Excel Workbook" button on the welcome screen. Create column headers to organize your data set into discrete records.

How to filter or sort Excel data using Cell Color Ater adding colors to each cell within your spreadsheet, it’s now time to organize them by using the Sorting feature.