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alpha-sort list where each entry contains more than one line
How do I alpha-sort a list where each entry contains more than one line? For
example, a person's name (line 1) and his organizational affiliation (line 2)? Each technique I try sorts each and every line, so the person gets separated from his organization and the alpha-list is meaningless. |
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alpha-sort list where each entry contains more than one line
The easiest workaround is to use Ctrl-H (Find and Replace) to convert your
multi-pagraph entries into single paragraphs. Assuming that each entry has certain similar line headings (Name, Organization, Address, etc.), you could search for "^pOrganization" and replace all occurrences with "^lOrganization." (^p is the search string for a paragraph marker, and ^l is the search string for a line break.) Repeat that process with each line of the entry until each entry consists of a single paragraph. Then the sort should be easy. Another way would be to put the data in a table so that each entry is a line in the table. Jerry "Jean Chicago" wrote: How do I alpha-sort a list where each entry contains more than one line? For example, a person's name (line 1) and his organizational affiliation (line 2)? Each technique I try sorts each and every line, so the person gets separated from his organization and the alpha-list is meaningless. |
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alpha-sort list where each entry contains more than one line
The easiest workaround is to use Ctrl-H (Find and Replace) to convert your
multi-pagraph entries into single paragraphs. Assuming that each entry has certain similar line headings (Name, Organization, Address, etc.), you could search for "^pOrganization" and replace all occurrences with "^lOrganization." (^p is the search string for a paragraph marker, and ^l is the search string for a line break.) Repeat that process with each line of the entry until each entry consists of a single paragraph. Then the sort should be easy. Another way would be to put the data in a table so that each entry is a line in the table. Jerry "Jean Chicago" wrote: How do I alpha-sort a list where each entry contains more than one line? For example, a person's name (line 1) and his organizational affiliation (line 2)? Each technique I try sorts each and every line, so the person gets separated from his organization and the alpha-list is meaningless. |
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