How to change sort order in Word. I have to sort paragraphs with ignoring
spaces and punctuation. I can not find, how to achieve this in Word 2003. Any
suggestions welcome.

Hi Rasto,

This works fine if you do not use hidden text in your document:

Apply hidden format to any characters that you do not want to influence your
sorting (use Edit | Replace...).
Make sure hidden text is not visible in the document, and sort your
paragraphs.
Select the entire document, make hidden text visible again and clear the
Format | Font... | Hidden box.

Success,
Cooz
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"Rasto" wrote:

How to change sort order in Word. I have to sort paragraphs with ignoring
spaces and punctuation. I can not find, how to achieve this in Word 2003. Any
suggestions welcome.

Your solution is very good, simple and rock solid.
I have another question. Order of letters in most slavic languages (in
dictionary) are first small letters and than big letters. How to solve this
problem? (I am working in editorial for dictionaries in Slovenia). Maybe you
have another simple solution? Thanks!

"Cooz" wrote:

Hi Rasto,

This works fine if you do not use hidden text in your document:

Apply hidden format to any characters that you do not want to influence your
sorting (use Edit | Replace...).
Make sure hidden text is not visible in the document, and sort your
paragraphs.
Select the entire document, make hidden text visible again and clear the
Format | Font... | Hidden box.

Success,
Cooz
--
PS: If this is a satisfying answer to your question and you're logged in via
the Microsoft site, please click Yes to "Did this post answer the question?".
Thanks.


"Rasto" wrote:

How to change sort order in Word. I have to sort paragraphs with ignoring
spaces and punctuation. I can not find, how to achieve this in Word 2003. Any
suggestions welcome.

FWIW, if you are working in a given language (have that language pack
installed), Word should use the correct sort order for that language.

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"Rasto" wrote in message
...
Your solution is very good, simple and rock solid.
I have another question. Order of letters in most slavic languages (in
dictionary) are first small letters and than big letters. How to solve
this
problem? (I am working in editorial for dictionaries in Slovenia). Maybe
you
have another simple solution? Thanks!

"Cooz" wrote:

Hi Rasto,

This works fine if you do not use hidden text in your document:

Apply hidden format to any characters that you do not want to influence
your
sorting (use Edit | Replace...).
Make sure hidden text is not visible in the document, and sort your
paragraphs.
Select the entire document, make hidden text visible again and clear the
Format | Font... | Hidden box.

Success,
Cooz
--
PS: If this is a satisfying answer to your question and you're logged in
via
the Microsoft site, please click Yes to "Did this post answer the
question?".
Thanks.


"Rasto" wrote:

How to change sort order in Word. I have to sort paragraphs with
ignoring
spaces and punctuation. I can not find, how to achieve this in Word
2003. Any
suggestions welcome.

Hi Rasto,

Thank you, I feel flattered.
Your second question is already answered by Suzanne. Installing the right
language pack should do the trick.

Cooz


"Rasto" wrote:

Your solution is very good, simple and rock solid.
I have another question. Order of letters in most slavic languages (in
dictionary) are first small letters and than big letters. How to solve this
problem? (I am working in editorial for dictionaries in Slovenia). Maybe you
have another simple solution? Thanks!

"Cooz" wrote:

Hi Rasto,

This works fine if you do not use hidden text in your document:

Apply hidden format to any characters that you do not want to influence your
sorting (use Edit | Replace...).
Make sure hidden text is not visible in the document, and sort your
paragraphs.
Select the entire document, make hidden text visible again and clear the
Format | Font... | Hidden box.

Success,
Cooz
--
PS: If this is a satisfying answer to your question and you're logged in via
the Microsoft site, please click Yes to "Did this post answer the question?".
Thanks.


"Rasto" wrote:

How to change sort order in Word. I have to sort paragraphs with ignoring
spaces and punctuation. I can not find, how to achieve this in Word 2003. Any
suggestions welcome.