using sort feature

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Hello:
I have a question about the sort feature for tables in word. After you sort
a column, in a table and then make changes such as deletions to fields etc.,
how can you get the table to its original position entries before the sort
took place.
That is, for instance, sorting column B by phone number and then deleting
all duplicate phone numbers, but then you want table to reflect original
positions it had before the sort and the deletions. I couldn't get the table
to reflect its original state before the deletions after the sort. Please
tell me how to do this.
Thank you.
 
Your best option is to either use or create a column as the original
(primary) sorting column. since you state that your list has redundant phone
numbers, I will assume that you have a lastname field. If your tabled list
was originally sorted by last name, before you did your sort by phone number
then it is easy to re-sort the list by the last name field.

Alternately you could create a temporary column that sequentially lists
numbers or letters. This column would serve as your primary sorting field.
 
Second post
My previous post assumed that you sorted the whole table. If you selected a
column and then sorted only the column then the only way to restore the list
will be manually.
 
If as Tom believes you sorted *only* the column rather than sorting the
table on the column, then there is no solution to your problem. If you
sorted the *table* then you can re-sort on the column the table was
originally sorted on, or if the order was previously random, you will need
an extra column of numbers 1 to max rows inserted first, to enable you to
re-sort to that column later.

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