Reversing the order of a column would be easy if the column was already listed alphabetically or sequentially; you would just sort in the other direction. However, data may not be in alphabetical or numerical order, so applying the sort function directly to the data will rearrange the records, rather than simply reverse them. As an example, imagine a data list displaying days of the week -- Monday through Friday. There is certainly an order to them, but sorting them will rearrange the days, instead of listing Friday through Monday. Although Excel offers no automated solution, you can number the entries and sort by that new column.