How to alphabetize words in a Word table?

Hello,

Here’s my problem. Let’s say I type of 10 words in Word and then go to Insert > Table and convert them into 4 columns and 3 rows. I know how to format the table, but I can’t figure out if there’s a way to alphabetize the words so that the word in the first row and column starts with A and the one in 4th row and 3rd column starts with a Z.

So far, I’ve only been able to do that by alphabetizing the words before I convert them to a table and I was wondering if they can still be sorted after they’re imported into a table.

Thanks!