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When I go to sort, what is a Header Record Delimiter?
I am trying to sort a list and everytime I use the A to Z with the arrows for
sorting I keep getting a box showing "Header Record Delimiter". What is this for? I can't find it in the Word 2003 book. Thanks in advance. |
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When I go to sort, what is a Header Record Delimiter?
Hi =?Utf-8?B?QnVubnlqbzU4?=,
I am trying to sort a list and everytime I use the A to Z with the arrows for sorting I keep getting a box showing "Header Record Delimiter". What is this for? I can't find it in the Word 2003 book. As far as I know, the buttons you mention belong to the Tables and Borders toolbar. So they're probably set to sort things in tabular format. Since they can't find a table, they're assuming you've text where the "fields" are "delimited" (defined) by a particular character, such as a Tab or a semicolon. The dialog box is asking you to specify which character is separating the fields in your data. Try using the Table/Sort command, instead. (Strange advice, I know, in light of what I just said. But that command does let you specify WHAT you're sorting.) Cindy Meister INTER-Solutions, Switzerland http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 8 2004) http://www.word.mvps.org This reply is posted in the Newsgroup; please post any follow question or reply in the newsgroup and not by e-mail :-) |
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How do I sort in Office Word 2007?
Help tells me to click on Sort in the Paragraph group. There is no Sort there. How do I alphatize a list in 2007? |
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How do I sort in Office Word 2007?
On Sat, 28 Jun 2008 14:00:01 -0700, Lamar Hunt
wrote: Help tells me to click on Sort in the Paragraph group. There is no Sort there. How do I alphatize a list in 2007? It should be in the top row of the Paragraph group on the Home ribbon. It shows the letters A and Z and a downward arrow, and it's just to the left of the ¶ button. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. |
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How do I sort in Office Word 2007?
How do I sort my list alphabetically when they are typed by first name then
last name. I need to alphabetize by last name. Thanks Autumn157 "Jay Freedman" wrote: On Sat, 28 Jun 2008 14:00:01 -0700, Lamar Hunt wrote: Help tells me to click on Sort in the Paragraph group. There is no Sort there. How do I alphatize a list in 2007? It should be in the top row of the Paragraph group on the Home ribbon. It shows the letters A and Z and a downward arrow, and it's just to the left of the ¶ button. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. |
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How do I sort in Office Word 2007?
1. On the Home tab, locate the Paragraph group, then the Sort button. Click
on this to open the Sort Text dialog. 2. Click on Options and choose Other for "Separate fields at," then type a space in the box. Click OK. 3. You should now see Word 1 and Word 2 in the "Sort by" box. Choose Word 2. If any of the names have middle initials or two parts ("Mary Jane"), replace the spaces with nonbreaking spaces (Ctrl+Shift+Spacebar) before sorting. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org "autumn157" wrote in message ... How do I sort my list alphabetically when they are typed by first name then last name. I need to alphabetize by last name. Thanks Autumn157 "Jay Freedman" wrote: On Sat, 28 Jun 2008 14:00:01 -0700, Lamar Hunt wrote: Help tells me to click on Sort in the Paragraph group. There is no Sort there. How do I alphatize a list in 2007? It should be in the top row of the Paragraph group on the Home ribbon. It shows the letters A and Z and a downward arrow, and it's just to the left of the ¶ button. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. |
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How do I sort in Office Word 2007?
Jay: I am a student and am trying to do some exercises. I have Vista 2007. It
tells me to just use paragraph and text and hit ok. This does not work for me as the names are typed in by first name, last name and then a title. I cannot get the list to alphabetize by last name. Is there something else I must do? Thanks "autumn157" wrote: How do I sort my list alphabetically when they are typed by first name then last name. I need to alphabetize by last name. Thanks Autumn157 "Jay Freedman" wrote: On Sat, 28 Jun 2008 14:00:01 -0700, Lamar Hunt wrote: Help tells me to click on Sort in the Paragraph group. There is no Sort there. How do I alphatize a list in 2007? It should be in the top row of the Paragraph group on the Home ribbon. It shows the letters A and Z and a downward arrow, and it's just to the left of the ¶ button. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. |
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How do I sort in Office Word 2007?
Great instuctions. One further question. In my list of names (first, then
last), I can sort by the last name, however, some names contain a middle initial. Using the sort feature to sort on Word 3, then Word 2, won't work since the names without a middle initial will get sorted first (lacking a Word 3). Then the names with a middle initial come after. How do I sort to include all the names in the list and not catch the names with a middle initial causing them to be out of place alphabetically? "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: 1. On the Home tab, locate the Paragraph group, then the Sort button. Click on this to open the Sort Text dialog. 2. Click on Options and choose Other for "Separate fields at," then type a space in the box. Click OK. 3. You should now see Word 1 and Word 2 in the "Sort by" box. Choose Word 2. If any of the names have middle initials or two parts ("Mary Jane"), replace the spaces with nonbreaking spaces (Ctrl+Shift+Spacebar) before sorting. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org "autumn157" wrote in message ... How do I sort my list alphabetically when they are typed by first name then last name. I need to alphabetize by last name. Thanks Autumn157 "Jay Freedman" wrote: On Sat, 28 Jun 2008 14:00:01 -0700, Lamar Hunt wrote: Help tells me to click on Sort in the Paragraph group. There is no Sort there. How do I alphatize a list in 2007? It should be in the top row of the Paragraph group on the Home ribbon. It shows the letters A and Z and a downward arrow, and it's just to the left of the ¶ button. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. |
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How do I sort in Office Word 2007?
Perhaps you did not read the paragraph below #3?
-- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org "dcarv30" wrote in message ... Great instuctions. One further question. In my list of names (first, then last), I can sort by the last name, however, some names contain a middle initial. Using the sort feature to sort on Word 3, then Word 2, won't work since the names without a middle initial will get sorted first (lacking a Word 3). Then the names with a middle initial come after. How do I sort to include all the names in the list and not catch the names with a middle initial causing them to be out of place alphabetically? "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: 1. On the Home tab, locate the Paragraph group, then the Sort button. Click on this to open the Sort Text dialog. 2. Click on Options and choose Other for "Separate fields at," then type a space in the box. Click OK. 3. You should now see Word 1 and Word 2 in the "Sort by" box. Choose Word 2. If any of the names have middle initials or two parts ("Mary Jane"), replace the spaces with nonbreaking spaces (Ctrl+Shift+Spacebar) before sorting. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org "autumn157" wrote in message ... How do I sort my list alphabetically when they are typed by first name then last name. I need to alphabetize by last name. Thanks Autumn157 "Jay Freedman" wrote: On Sat, 28 Jun 2008 14:00:01 -0700, Lamar Hunt wrote: Help tells me to click on Sort in the Paragraph group. There is no Sort there. How do I alphatize a list in 2007? It should be in the top row of the Paragraph group on the Home ribbon. It shows the letters A and Z and a downward arrow, and it's just to the left of the ¶ button. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. |
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How do I sort in Office Word 2007?
For each name that has more than two parts (names, initials, honorifics,
etc.), select the space between parts that should stay together, and replace it with a nonbreaking space (Ctrl+Shift+spacebar). For example: JohnnonbreakingspaceQ.spacePublic -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. dcarv30 wrote: Great instuctions. One further question. In my list of names (first, then last), I can sort by the last name, however, some names contain a middle initial. Using the sort feature to sort on Word 3, then Word 2, won't work since the names without a middle initial will get sorted first (lacking a Word 3). Then the names with a middle initial come after. How do I sort to include all the names in the list and not catch the names with a middle initial causing them to be out of place alphabetically? "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: 1. On the Home tab, locate the Paragraph group, then the Sort button. Click on this to open the Sort Text dialog. 2. Click on Options and choose Other for "Separate fields at," then type a space in the box. Click OK. 3. You should now see Word 1 and Word 2 in the "Sort by" box. Choose Word 2. If any of the names have middle initials or two parts ("Mary Jane"), replace the spaces with nonbreaking spaces (Ctrl+Shift+Spacebar) before sorting. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org "autumn157" wrote in message ... How do I sort my list alphabetically when they are typed by first name then last name. I need to alphabetize by last name. Thanks Autumn157 "Jay Freedman" wrote: On Sat, 28 Jun 2008 14:00:01 -0700, Lamar Hunt wrote: Help tells me to click on Sort in the Paragraph group. There is no Sort there. How do I alphatize a list in 2007? It should be in the top row of the Paragraph group on the Home ribbon. It shows the letters A and Z and a downward arrow, and it's just to the left of the ¶ button. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. |
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