Microsoft Excel limits sorting criteria to ascending and descending organization in numeric or alphabetic order, by date or time, by the color of cells, type or icons, or against a custom list of ...

Excel's ascending and descending sort options are powerful tools, but they won't always sort values in a familiar and meaningful way. When this is the case, you might need a custom sort.

Now, you can sort the copied list by clicking any cell in it and choosing Sort from the Data menu. By default, Excel selects the Header Row option. Be sure to update this option accordingly.