I don't think so. If you set the sort type as Date (and often Word will
figure this out on your own), it should sort dates intelligently. Have you
tried it?

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"Peturpin" wrote in message
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I believe that this is Microsoft Word from the Office 2003 Software Pack.

I tried using two different date formats that I've seen the the USA:
MM/DD/YY and MM-DD-YY.

The date format set up under Regional and Language Options in the Control
Panel is M/D/YYYY.

I am trying to sort dates in a table.

Examples of dates I'm trying to sort: 05/13/05, 06/07/05, etc.

If the date format is set up in the Control Panel as shown above, does
that
mean that dates need to be listed in the same manner in Word in order to
be
sorted correctly in tables?

Thank you for your time, I appreciate it.

Peturpin
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"Cindy M -WordMVP-" wrote:

Hi ?B?cGV0dXJwaW4=?=,

How do I troubleshoot sorting dates in Word? I've already checked to
make
sure I have forward slashes, but that didn't help.

Version of Word?

Which country (USA, England, other) date format would you use?

Which country date format is set up in the Windows Control Panel?

Are you trying to sort dates in text, in a table, something else?

Finally, could you give us a few examples of the dates you're trying to
sort,
for testing purposes?

Cindy Meister
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http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 8 2004)
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