Word should have an option to alphabetize lists

[Guest]

I have a list of 150 names that is different every week and have to
alphabetize it each time. Word should have an option to alphabetize lists so
that I dont have to read through and copy and paste into a new list

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Word has had this functionality from its earliest versions. Select the list
and choose Sort from the Table menu.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

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[Cindy M -WordMVP-]

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I have a list of 150 names that is different every week and have to
alphabetize it each time. Word should have an option to alphabetize lists so
that I dont have to read through and copy and paste into a new list

It does, it's just not obvious if the list you want to sort is not in a table.

Select the list, then go to Table/Sort (it will work even if you're not in a
table).

Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 8 2004)
http://www.word.mvps.org

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[Guest]

When I select the whole list and then do table/sort a box comes up that says
"word found no valid records to sort"

any suggestions?

thanks

 

[Jay Freedman]

Turn on nonprinting characters by clicking the ¶ button, and look at the end
of each name. Is there a left-pointing arrow instead of a paragraph mark (¶
symbol)?

If so, Word thinks your whole list is only one item. You can fix this by
opening the Replace dialog, entering ^l (that's a lower case L) in the
Find What box and ^p in the Replace With box, and clicking Replace All.
Then try sorting.