Need help randomly sorting cells

[Mike T]

I am fairly new to Excel and am using 2007. I have a block of words with all
words being in separate cells which are A6 to I16. I need to perform a random
sort to rearrange these cells (words) so that no two words are located in the
same cells after each sort. I have tried using the RAND() function, but that
will only sort rows, so that each row contains the same words.

I need to randomly sort by column then by row. I would think that this would
be a fairly simple task and that others have asked how to do this exact same
thing, but I am not finding any answers.

I would like to do this without using macros as this is for a 1st grade
class and we are blocked from running macros. If you need more clarification,
I would be glad to provide it.

Thanks to all. Your help is greatly appriciated.

 

[cm]

you can insert a column in front of the data and insert the =RAND() function
and copy down. This generates randome numbers. Sort by that column. Then you
can do the same thing with a row above the data and sort by that row.

 

[Mike T]

cm,

Is ther a way to sort both a row and a column at the same time or do I have
to do separate sorts?

Thanks,

Mike

 

[Mike T]

It took me a little while to figure this out, but it works perfectly. I even
created a button and asinged the button to run the macro after selecting the
cells to use. I don't knwo how to thank you.