Why Can't sort table

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0-0 Wai Wai ^-^

As from one day, I cannot sort any table (no matter what table I produce). The
error message is:

Word cannot sort this table or selection because all of its row are table
headings

Does anyone know what's wrong?
[PS: I might suspect my change in the default setting of table formatting and
style (eg all texts in the table are default as centre-aligned)]
 
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Herb Tyson [MVP]

That's coming from the Header Rows Repeat feature (if you choose the Table
menu, you'll likely see that Header Rows Repeat is turned on for every row).
To properly use the Repeat feature, select only that row or those rows that
are to be used as headers, and choose Table - Header Rows Repeat to turn
that attribute on for them.

From what you're saying, it's possible that you've applied a style to all
rows, and that style has the Repeat feature enabled. How to fix this depends
on which version of Word you're using. In Word 2003, for example, click in
one of the problem rows and choose Format - Styles and Formatting. Use the
dropdown arrow next to the current style and choose Modify. In the Modify
Style dialog box, choose Format - Table Properties - Row tab, and turn OFF
the "Repeat as header row at the top of each page" setting.
 
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0-0 Wai Wai ^-^

Yeah. It works again.
Thanks a lot for your help.

This problem really troubled me long.
I should have asked long time ago.

Thanks a lot.
 
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