How to change the order of columns in a speadsheet?

It seems this would be completely straight-forward. However I can find nothing in help to tell me how to do this. I am using a spreadsheet for data so want to be able to rearrange in the order of the columns. How does one do this?
Thanks.
John

I don't want to move or sort the data. What I want
to do is change the order of the columns. I have
columns A through P. I want to move columns M, N,
O, and P to come after A and B so I can see the
information in these 6 columns in one glance.
How does one do that?
One doesn't, but there are altenatives.
1.
Select columns C..L by clicking and dragging across the column headers.
Go Format (menu) > Column width.
Set the width to 0 (zero) and click OK.
This hides columns C..L, showing A, B, M, N, O, P...
You can still enter data into cells in columns C..L by clicking on a cell in column B, then pressing tab to move through the hidden columns.
To restore the display, select columns B..M then reset the column width to a visible value (the current width of column B will be the default).
2.
Copy the values in columns A, B, M, N, O, and P into a set of contiguous columns. Set a New View to show these columns in a separate window.
Example:
Go Window > New View
Drag the new window that opens up and left to cover the initial window.
In AA1, enter =A1
Select AA1..AB1 then Fill right (command-R)
In AC1, enter =M1
Select AC1..AF1 then Fill right
Select AA1..AFn where n is the last row in which you have data then Fill down (command-D)
This copies the contents of the cells you want to view together into a set of cells that are together. You can view them by going to the Window menu and switching between the two views of the same spreadsheet. Or you can skip the step of creating a second View, and scroll from one location in the sheet to the other.
The usual caveat applies: Anytime you're making extensive changes to a document, work with a COPY and keep the original as a backup you can revert to should a misstep along the way result in data loss.
Regards,
Barry

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