How do I sort specific cells without affecting entire rows?

Question

In Excel I can sort specific cells ascending/descending and only what I highlight will sort.
In Numbers, when I try to do that the entire row sorts.
Is there a way to only sort the highlighted cells and not have the rest of the rows sort as well?

Answer 1

Here's a link (Dropbox download) to a Copy Sort Acending service, that in your menu would look similar to this:
To use it, select the cells you want to sort, just as in Excel, and make the choice from the menu.
After that, unlike Excel, click once in the first cell where you want the sorted values to start appearing (either the original range, or a different range if you want) and type command-v or option-shift-command-v to paste.
The one-time installation takes a double-click on the .workflow package and a click on 'Install'. You may also have to go to System Preferences > Security & Privacy and click 'Download anyway'.  Installing simply moves the service to your Library > Services folder so that it will appear in your menu. It does nothing to the innards of your Mac, and does not run unless you specifically tell it to by choosing it from the menu or running it from within Automator. You can view the script by opening it in Automator.  You can remove the service if you don't need it by holding down the option key in Finder, choosing Go from the menu and navigating to Library > Services, where you can delete it the way you would any other folder or package.
SG