Reply To: Sorting items

When you say sort by colour, do you mean:
• alphabetically by the name of the colour?
• or by a predetermined colour listing?
• or alphabetically by the name of the area denoted by the colour?
I’d have thought that the third would make most sense to the catalogue reader.
In any case, sorting the data in a tool outside InDesign (Word table, Excel etc. etc.) before laying it out would seem like the best option. Then you can use sorting data (e.g. colour name) which you don’t need to export into InDesign.

There’s a tip on sorting within InDesign on this site here: https://creativepro.com/sort-paragraphs-text-indesign.php
but it’s about paragraphs, which may not work in your situation.

Chris.