Table | Sort has been available since the earliest versions of Word.

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"RoxSn" wrote in message
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You know, this didn't work when I created this thing 5 years ago but it
does
now! Silly me not to think to try it again with the newer version of Word
(actually, I think we're about 3 versions later). Thanks!

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

Alphabetizing should not be an issue: have you tried Table | Sort?

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"RoxSn" wrote in message
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Well, I found a workaround... it's a bit time consuming to set up, but
will
save hours of work every year when we update this report. I set up an
index
for the state names and bookmarked each title. After running the index
(set
up to have the dot leader but no page number), I insert the page
number in
the index by using the PageRef field and then the bookmark for that
title
and
it comes in as a linked page number. I'm hoping to figure out a macro
to
help
with inserting the PageRef field since there are about 250 page
numbers
that
will have to be inserted. Still less time consuming than manually
alphabetizing that many state names.

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

Unfortunately, no, that feature is not available in any current
version
of
Word.

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"RoxSn" wrote in message
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The other problem (which I just thought of) is that indexes do not
have
hyperlinked page numbers and this is a government report that will
be
posted
online that needs links to the pages. Is there a switch for making
page
numbers linked to the Index?

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

An index includes what you tell it to include. So your XE field
should
be:

{ XE "GEORGIA (RC)" \t }

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"RoxSn" wrote in message
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I have a TOC that has about six pages of states that I would
like
alphabetized. I know the best way to do this is with indexing
but
I
also
need
a text identifier inserted after the state name (title) and
then
the
dot
leader and page number. I've figured out how to add the text
using
the
cross-reference box but then it doesn't put in dot leader and
page
number.
What would the correct switches be in the index field to get
both
the
text
after the indexed state name, then dot leader and page number?
Right
now
my
field looks like this:
{ XE "GEORGIA" \t "(RC)" }
Thanks!