Alphabetize list on a spreadsheet?

I have a telephone list on a spreadsheet and want to alphabetize the first letter of the names on the list. How do I do that?

Hi lifswl,
Welcome to Apple Discussions and the AppleWorks forum.
If you have each name entered in a single cell in the form "John Smith", you'll not be able to sort directly by last name. See PS below.
If you have each name entered in a single cell in the form "Smith, John", a sort of the whole list using the column containing the names as the sort key will do the job.
If you have the first and last name entered in separate cells on the same line (eg. "John" in A5, "Smith" in B5) you can do a simple sort using the column containing last names (B) as the sort key. This will sort the list by last name only, putting all the Smiths together in the list, but leaving Jane, John and Bill Smith in whatever order they were before the list was sorted. A double sort, using the column holding last names as sort 1 and the column holding first names as Sort 2 will keep the Smiths together (and ahead of the Joneses), and will sort Bill, Jane and John into alphabetical order within the group of Smiths.
NOTE: Some comments on the post by RHB (Not Too Patient):
AppleWorks sorts ONLY the selected cells of a spreadsheet. If you "just select the last name column", ONLY that column will be sorted, leaving the rest of the telephone list in the same order as it was before the sort (and assigning almost everybody the wrong phone number if the list was not in order before the sort).
SELECT all of the cells containing data, press command-J (or go Calculate > Sort...), change the column letters for the sort key(s) if necessary, then click Sort. (The number in the sort key(s) is the row at the top of the selected block of cells. Don't change it.)
Address Book may be different in Panther (which RHB is using). In Tiger, the Address Book has separate fields for First and Last names. Address Book automatically keeps the cards sorted by last name then by first name.
Regards,
Barry
PS: Sorting by last name when names have been entered as "John Smith":
Things get a bit complicated here, but a last name sort is still possible. See my separate post in this thread.

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