I answered this in the newsgroup. I tried that and still got the same black
line with the names having disappeared. BTW, each name was on a separate
line with its e-mail address indented under it; then a line space before the
next name.

"garfield-n-odie" wrote:

The Sort command happens to be under the Table menu, but your names
don't have to be in a table. Each name should be on a separate line
though. Select the list of names, and click on Table | Sort.

joy wrote:

IWhen I look in Help within MS Word (2003) it says How to sort a list or
table, and then it only tells how to sort in a table. This is just one long
list of names and I want to alphabetize the list. I don't want them in a
table. If I try to put them in a table and sort from there I get a long
black vertical line and the names disappear. Can anyone help? TIA.