ASAP Utilities for Excel - Sort Values Inside Each Cell...

Sort Values Inside Each Cell...

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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.

Starting this tool

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