Sort Values Inside Each Cell...

ASAP Utilities › Range › 4. Sort Values Inside Each Cell...

This tool sorts the values within each selected cell, based on your chosen separator. You can sort:

Alphabetically (A-Z)

Reverse alphabetically (Z-A)

Or reverse the current order Supported separators:

Space

Comma

Comma + space

Semicolon

Line break (Alt+Enter)

Or a custom character of your choice Examples:

"Orange, Apple, Banana" → "Apple, Banana, Orange" (A-Z)

"Q1;Q3;Q2" → "Q3;Q2;Q1" (Z-A)

"Red Blue Green" → "Green Blue Red" (reverse order) Sorting values inside a single cell helps:

Clean up unordered lists (tags, categories, names, etc.)

Standardize data for duplicate checking or comparison

Prepare cells for lookups or matching

Improve readability in exports or forms

Create consistent input formats (e.g., skills, allergens, roles) You can also use this in a temporary helper column to make it easier to find duplicates when the same values are listed in a different order.
Example: "Excel, PowerPoint" and "PowerPoint, Excel" are both sorted as "Excel, PowerPoint", so they can be matched more easily.

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Additional keywords for this tool:
Sort values in a single cell, Sort comma-separated values, Sort words inside a cell, Sort text in cell by comma, Reverse word order in cell, Sort items inside a cell, Sort space-separated values, Alphabetize words in cell, Sort semicolon-separated values, Cell content sorter, Sort line break separated values, Sort delimited text, Reverse text list in cell, Reorder values inside cell, Sort or reverse order of words in cell

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