To sort alphanumeric data like "P15-033-1" in Excel, first ensure the data is in a single column. Select the column, then go to the "Data" tab and click on "Sort." In the sort dialog, you can choose to sort by the column containing your alphanumeric data, and select either "A to Z" or "Z to A" for the desired order. Excel will sort the data based on the alphanumeric characters, treating numbers and letters appropriately.
Without data, there is not much Excel can do. Formulas will have no data to work on. Charts will not show anything. Data is very important to Excel. There are things you can do without it, like draw shapes, but Excel is designed to do things with data, so you need to have some.
You do not convert any data in Excel. A table is a layout to organize the data. If you want the data to look like it is in a table, then move the data to where you would like it to display.
You do not really import data from Word, but you can cut and paste from Word to Excel. If you like, you can embed the word document in an Excel worksheet.
The name used in Excel for that data type is Text, but it is like the character data type in other computer systems.
Not sure what you are trying to do. GWBasic is a programming language; Excel is a spreadsheet. If you like, just copy data from Excel to your GWBasic editing program and reformat, as needed.
The data is stored in cells on the worksheet. Sometimes they are arranged like a table, but some data may not be organised like that.
it is good for graphs, entering data, and for organizing anything.
Organizing data, just like databases.
You could use a database like Access or Oracle. You could also use the first blank row in Excel for your headings and Excel can work on them like a database.
The hash character which looks like this: #
Like any electronic spreadsheet, Excel is a package whose primary purpose is for dealing with numbers. As such it does provide lots of formats for numerical data.
Create the report in a tab delimited format. It may have a suffix like txt or rpt. In Excel use the "Open" command. You will get a panel that allows you to refine where the column breaks are and define the format of the columns. Once this is done the data will be in Excel. Just save as a standard Excel file.