Sorting is one of Microsoft Excel's easiest tasks. Click; you're done! At least until you need to sort by multiple columns. For this sort task, you'll need a custom sort. Here's how.

You can add a column in Excel by right-clicking or using the “Insert” option. These features are helpful for adding new data to a spreadsheet.

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.

You can sort data by dates in Microsoft Excel and Excel Online. Learn how to sort all the columns according to date column using this tutorial.