Master MS Word Skills 2026 – Ace the Unit Practice and Win at Word!

Sorting a table by its first column means rearranging the rows so that their order follows the values in that column from smallest to largest. In Word, you do this with the Sort feature. With the cursor inside the table (or the table selected), use the Sort command found in the Ribbon under Table Tools, typically in the Layout tab within the Data group. The Sort dialog defaults to using the first column as the sort field, and you choose ascending order to get A to Z (or smallest to largest for numbers). If your table has a header row, indicate that so the header stays at the top rather than being sorted with the data. After you click OK, Word reorganizes the rows accordingly. The other options mentioned don’t sort: inserting a column adds space, WordArt creates decorative text, and splitting cells changes the table’s structure.