Sorting is one of Microsoft Excel's easiest tasks. Click; you're done! At least until you need to sort by multiple columns. For this sort task, you'll need a custom sort. Here's how.

Excel spreadsheets do so much. This guide starts with the basics and will add more Excel tips over time, so you'll always be in the know.

You can filter data in Excel based on either certain parameters in columns or over the whole sheet, and you can later unfilter the sheet.

You can alphabetize data in an Excel spreadsheet by row or column using the "Sort" feature, or through the "Data" and "Home" tabs.

Not all sort tasks in Microsoft Excel begin with the characters to the left, but getting around that issue is easier than you think. Susan Harkins shows you how.