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app with organisable categories

  • 28-05-2007 4:58pm
    #1
    flogen
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 10,247 Mod ✭✭✭✭


    I'm looking to find some software that'll let me write up information (like a spreadsheet would) and then once finished allow me to organise it by each category.

    What I mean by that is to have it so, like in a programme like iTunes, I can click on a category at the top (name, age, occupation) and have the list re-arrange alphabetically within that category - so when I click on 'name', all the names in that list arrange themselves alphabetically.

    Anyone know what I mean and know of any software that would let me do this?


Comments

  • #2
    copacetic
    Subscribers Posts: 16,592 ✭✭✭✭copacetic


    MS access? or you could do it in excel too with a macro..


  • #3
    flogen
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 10,247 Mod ✭✭✭✭flogen


    copacetic wrote:
    MS access? or you could do it in excel too with a macro..

    I have Open Office, not MS Office unfortunately (although there could be a way to do it in that too - just can't find one)

    Not even sure if I have MS Access...


  • #4
    Cadrach
    Closed Accounts Posts: 113 ✭✭Cadrach


    If I understand what you're asking for, then you can do it in Excel and presumably Open Office Spreadsheet. Highlight the whole page (click top left square) and do data -> filter or whatever, and keep 1 row as headings, and then you can sort by each category.


  • #5
    flogen
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 10,247 Mod ✭✭✭✭flogen


    Cadrach wrote:
    If I understand what you're asking for, then you can do it in Excel and presumably Open Office Spreadsheet. Highlight the whole page (click top left square) and do data -> filter or whatever, and keep 1 row as headings, and then you can sort by each category.

    That's not quite was I was looking for but it seems to solve the problem in a different way, so thanks for that!


  • #6
    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 92,407 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    flogen wrote:
    I have Open Office, not MS Office unfortunately (although there could be a way to do it in that too - just can't find one)

    Not even sure if I have MS Access...
    try OpenOffice BASE - it's a little like MS Access - but if excel/calc works then a database may be overkill for now. If you change your mind then very easy to import the spreadsheet later.


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