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Word cannot sort fields in the selection. Why?
I have a list consisting of two columns simply separated by tabs ofthe type
katt [tab] cat [return] hest [tab] horse [return] etc. Word will sort parts of the list, but not the whole list. I simply get the error message 'Word cannot sort fields in the selection'. No reason is given. Can anybody help? The list is a couple of thousand lines long and has some web references, but I've tested them, and they sort. Can it be the length that is the obstacle? |
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Answer: Word cannot sort fields in the selection. Why?
It's possible that the length of the list is causing the issue, but there are a few other things you can try to resolve the problem.
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Word cannot sort fields in the selection. Why?
Hi ?B?YmV2d2FobA==?=,
I have a list consisting of two columns simply separated by tabs ofthe type katt [tab] cat [return] hest [tab] horse [return] etc. Word will sort parts of the list, but not the whole list. I simply get the error message 'Word cannot sort fields in the selection'. No reason is given. Can anybody help? The list is a couple of thousand lines long and has some web references, but I've tested them, and they sort. Can it be the length that is the obstacle? Do the columns only contain single words, or might they contain other things, such as punctuation or spaces? Might some of there terms contain characters Word isn't able to recognize? Which version of Word? How about selecting the entire list, then converting it to a table? (If you need instructions on how to do this, please tell us the version of Word.) Sometimes, it helps if the information is in a table. Cindy Meister INTER-Solutions, Switzerland http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 17 2005) http://www.word.mvps.org This reply is posted in the Newsgroup; please post any follow question or reply in the newsgroup and not by e-mail :-) |
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