Yes, provided it's *always* the second word, Word can search on "Word 2."
Sometimes you have to try several times to make it display this option,
however, and it helps to select a space as the field separator.

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"Jeff" wrote in message
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I plan to scan a list of names and convert it into text which I will
import
into Word 2002. Is there a way for Word to sort this list based on the
second word (which is the surname) in each line rather than the first
word?

Thanks.

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Jeff