Sorting in Numbers

In Numbers, has anyone found a way to sort only selected cells, without moving cells in the same rows, but in unselected columns, as per Excel?

Thanks again Jerry,
I use Excel at present for several functions, but my principal document records seven bank accounts, four credit card accounts, premium bond records, fuel consumption for two cars, plus one or two other miscellaneous sheets.
For the principal bank accounts, there is semi-automatic input for regular receipts and outgoings, but there is always additional, irregular income and expenditure, which happens on dates preceding some of the "auto" input, so it is desirable to resort according to date after input, without moving cells in other columns with associated, but not directly related data. It is also not that uncommon for bank statements to show items that I had forgotten, so it's desirable to add them in the correct place chronologically. I can't imagine I'm alone in that!
For the credit cards, it is useful to have them side by side, all on one sheet to maintain an overwiew, plus a tally of the total of all card spending, but, obviously, when there is input for one card, it does not want to affect the columns for the other cards. I often gather credit card slips togethether in one session and input the data without needing to sort the slips into date order first. After all, why spend time organising that when the software can do it for me? And my wife often finds relatively old slips in her handbag, after I think I've finished!
I am new to Numbers, as you can tell, but at first sight it seems excellent value in most respects and I would like to make it work. I can already envisage other means of achieving what I want, such as using separate tables on the same sheet, so I shall persevere, experiment and keep you posted!
Happy number crunching,
NM

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CA Forum: Crystal Reports
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