Need option to ignore quotation marks in sorting bibliography.

[Guest]

In sorting a bibliography, titles in quotation marks get sorted first. I'd
like to see an option to ignore single and double quotation marks in sorting
text.

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[Daiya Mitchell]

I doubt this will ever happen--but normally biblios are sorted by author.
Do you really have so many titles by the same author that this is a big
problem to fix by hand?

If this is really such a consistent need for you that you think it ought to
be a feature in Word, you might find bibliographic management software
rewarding. I think it would handle that.

The big three (cross-platform) are EndNote, ReferenceManager, and ProCite,
all owned by the same company and about US$100 after student discount‹a web
search may turn up cheaper alternatives, as many people do not need the full
power of those three programs. Mac users should also investigate Bookends
and Sente. NotaBene is a Windows-only program suite that replaces MS Word
and includes bibliographic management software. All of these programs offer
trial versions as of the time of writing.