[Shankar]

How to sort semi colon seperated items in text in alphabetic order?

[Tony Jollans]

You can only sort table rows or paragraphs so you need to convert the list,
sort it, and convert it back.

Select the list.
Ctrl+H to bring up the replace dialog
Find what: ; (semicolon)
Replace with: ^p (caret, lower case letter p)
Hit Replace All
If prompted to continue, say No
Close the Dialog

Select Table Sort from the Menu
(the defaults should be good so just) click OK
Note that this may extend the selection to include a final paragraph
mark
- if so, Shift+Left Arrow to remove it from the selection.

Ctrl+H to bring up the Replace dialog again
Find what: ^p (caret, lower case letter p)
Replace with: ; (semicolon)
Hit Replace All
If prompted to continue, say No
Close the Dialog

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Enjoy,
Tony


"Shankar" wrote in message
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How to sort semi colon seperated items in text in alphabetic order?