[Solved] Sort in alphabetic order

[namely]

I am not doing anything businessy or advanced with my spreadsheet. I just want to type in all my books and list the author, genre, page count, and date read once I read it otherwise that cell or whatever it is called will be blank until I read it.

My question is how do I make the spreadsheet software alphabetize the list and the information for me because I will not be able to sort my numerous books into alphabetical order before typing it all in.

I also want the information to be with the correct book title.

I know nothing about spreadsheets at all.

[FJCC]

Here is one way to do this.
1. Make the first row of the sheet contain the header for each column. Let's say they are Author, Title, Genre, Pages, Date.
2. Fill in the information on each book.
Save a back up copy of the file before going further. Not because this is risky, but because you probably will have spent a lot of time entering data and you should always have a back up of important files.
3. When you are ready to sort click on ONE cell in the area where you have entered information
4. Select the menu Data -> Sort. You should now see that all of the data is highlighted in blue.
5. Use the drop down list in the Sort By area of the Sort dialog to choose the name of the column by which you want to sort.
6. Click OK.

[robleyd]

See also [Tutorial] Simple sorting.

[Alex1]

Use separate columns for the author's first and last names, and a separate column for the article if the title begins with it. That will result in better sorting. Use the title from the title page, not from the cover. Year of publication and publisher are also useful to include.