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When I go to sort, what is a Header Record Delimiter?



 
 
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Old February 4th, 2009, 10:12 PM posted to microsoft.public.word.docmanagement
dcarv30
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Default How do I sort in Office Word 2007?

The issue now becomes that I have a list provided to me that is already
typed. I need to incorporate this document into a larger presentation and
some formatting needs to be done, i.e. alphabetizing.

To go back thru the entire list, deleting a space and inserting a hard-space
manually would be time consuming and ridiculous. Wasn't there a sort feature
that allowed us to backup from the end of the paragraph/line text? Did they
do away with that feature? I seem to remember an option for that.


"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

Perhaps you did not read the paragraph below #3?

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"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.

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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 ΒΆ
button.

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Old June 3rd, 2010, 04:14 PM posted to microsoft.public.word.docmanagement
sunshine59
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Default When I go to sort, what is a Header Record Delimiter?



"Bunnyjo58" wrote:

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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