Sorting rows

Background

Starting point

The procedure in this topic assumes Skribenta is installed and configured for normal operation, and:

You have logged into Skribenta.
You are assigned to one of the following user roles: content provider, technical writer or administrator.
You have selected the workspace you want to work in.
A content file or a configuration file is created in the workspace.
You have browsed to and opened the file in the Workspace view or the Publications view.
The file contains a table.

Your need

You need to sort the rows in a table in your file content.

The possibility

It is possible to sort the rows in table according to the cell content in a specific column.

What you will learn

This instruction tells you how to sort the rows in a table.

The result

This is the content before sorting table rows:

This is the content after sorting table rows:

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Overall steps

Open the file, then sort the rows in a table in your file content.

Time

Less than 1 minute

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1. Make sure that the step(s) in section "Starting point" (see section "Background" above) are performed.

2. In your file content, put the caret in the table column that you want to use for sorting the table rows.

3. On the top toolbar, click Row > Sort.

The table rows are sorted according to the cell content in the column.