Editing a table

[JeffBates]

I have aquired some shapesfiles from a county in california to use for a project.  In order for my project to work, I need to make changes to the dbf(data base table).  I am trying to move a column form one place to another and save it that way.  i cannot get ArcGIS to save my table with the change that I have made.  I tried to open it in excel and make the change but that is not working either?

any suggestions?

Thanks

[JohnSobetzer]

I don't know why the Excel change doesn't stick. If you have ETGeowizards available use it to change column order.  XTools may be able to do the same.  If not you can create a blank dataset with the fields in the order you want and then copy and paste the records from your current table into it.  Or you can add temporary fields, use the calculator to copy data into them, reorder the fields you will keep by deleting and adding, then copy the data from the temp fields back into the reordered fields and delete the temp.