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You can sort the tables by any column by ascending or descending order by clicking

English translation: You can sort the tables by any column in ascending or descending order. Just click on the column header

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English term or phrase:You can sort the tables by any column by ascending or descending order by clicking
Selected answer:You can sort the tables by any column in ascending or descending order. Just click on the column header
Entered by: NancyLynn

15:27 Mar 16, 2007
English language (monolingual) [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Computers: Software / Software manual
English term or phrase: You can sort the tables by any column by ascending or descending order by clicking
I believe there is too many by's in this sentence ? Can you suggest a better wording ? or is it ok 'as is' ?

Tip - You can sort the tables by any column by ascending or descending order by clicking on the column header.
Alexander Onishko
let me try
Explanation:

Tip - You can sort the tables by any column in ascending or descending order. Just click on the column header.

How's that?
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jccantrell
United States
Local time: 20:18
Grading comment
many thanks to All !
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



SUMMARY OF ALL EXPLANATIONS PROVIDED
3 +12let me try
jccantrell
5 +5see explanation
Rolf Klischewski, M.A.
4 +4bye by
David Cahill
4You can sort the tables by any column by ascending or descending order. Just click on the column hea
NancyLynn
3 +1see explanation below
Patricia Rosas
4my kick at the cat
Roman Bardachev
4see explanation
Oliver Walter


  

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2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +12
too many by's in the sentence ?
let me try


Explanation:

Tip - You can sort the tables by any column in ascending or descending order. Just click on the column header.

How's that?

jccantrell
United States
Local time: 20:18
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 25
Grading comment
many thanks to All !

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  William [Bill] Gray: Excellent, JC!
0 min
agree  Rolf Klischewski, M.A.: Nice, too! (C:
0 min
agree  NancyLynn: haha, quicker than I!!
2 mins
agree  Nesrin: It sounds ok with 2 "by's" though: ...by any column in a&d order by clicking on the ...
4 mins
agree  kmtext
9 mins
agree  Vicky Papaprodromou
14 mins
agree  Jack Doughty
1 hr
agree  Robert Fox
6 hrs
agree  Seema Ugrankar
8 hrs
agree  Cilian O'Tuama: ascendingly or descendingly column-sortable tables with clickable column headers :-)
9 hrs
agree  Alfa Trans (X)
20 hrs
agree  Sophia Finos (X)
1 day 7 hrs
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3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +5
too many by's in the sentence ?
see explanation


Explanation:
Tip - Click on the column header to sort the tables by any column in ascending or descending order.

Rolf Klischewski, M.A.
Local time: 05:18
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  NancyLynn: I thought of this too
2 mins
agree  David Cahill: Danke!!
6 mins
agree  Vicky Papaprodromou
14 mins
agree  Cilian O'Tuama: yip
9 hrs
agree  Sophia Finos (X)
1 day 7 hrs
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3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +4
too many by's in the sentence ?
bye by


Explanation:
Click on the column header to sort the tables by any column in ascending or descending order

An option

David Cahill
Local time: 05:18
Native speaker of: English

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Rolf Klischewski, M.A.: Deja vu!(C:
0 min
  -> thanks
agree  NancyLynn: I thought of this too
2 mins
  -> thanks
agree  Cilian O'Tuama: oh go on
9 hrs
  -> thanks, cilian
agree  Sophia Finos (X)
1 day 7 hrs
  -> thanks, sofia
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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
too many by's in the sentence ?
You can sort the tables by any column by ascending or descending order. Just click on the column hea


Explanation:
But yours is OK too.

NancyLynn
Canada
Local time: 23:18
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Cilian O'Tuama: here it's e.g. sort BY name, but IN ascending order
9 hrs
  -> right, agree
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5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
too many by\'s in the sentence ?
see explanation below


Explanation:
Here's an option:

By clicking on any column header in the table, you can sort that column IN ascending or descending order.


Patricia Rosas
United States
Local time: 20:18
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  NancyLynn: another great option!
0 min
  -> Thx, Nancy! I didn't see all the other good answers!
agree  Vicky Papaprodromou
11 mins
  -> thanks!
disagree  Cilian O'Tuama: but it's the table tha's sorted, not just the column - the table data is sorted according to the selected column /[edited to add "just"]
9 hrs
  -> good point! I missed that...
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
you can sort the tables by any column by ascending or descending order by clicking
my kick at the cat


Explanation:
you can sort the tables by column in ascending or descending order by clicking the column header

Roman Bardachev
Canada
Local time: 21:18
Works in field
Native speaker of: Russian
PRO pts in category: 4
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6 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
you can sort the tables by any column by ascending or descending order by clicking
see explanation


Explanation:
Tip - You can sort the tables on any column into ascending or descending order by clicking on the column header.

Sort "on" a column means that the data that determines the sorting order is in that column. Sorting is done "into" some order.
Examples: see the Web references.


    Reference: http://www.datadynamica.com/DX.htm
    Reference: http://www.red-gate.com/MessageBoard/viewtopic.php?p=1151&si...
Oliver Walter
United Kingdom
Local time: 04:18
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Cilian O'Tuama: maybe that's what it means, but I for one wouldn't understand it. I suppose it depends,as so often, on the target readership.
3 hrs
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