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Tables, merge, find and replace
I'd appreciate your help with the following job request:
I was given a list of 500 names and addresses which the requester asked to be placed on mailing labels. He also wants them in alphabetical order. The names were given to me with each line ending in a paragraph mark and another paragraph mark separating the addresses (in other words, 2 paragraph marks separate each name/address enty. I have put the information into a table using Graham Mayor's "lifesaving" technique, but the job of putting the names into alpha order is giving me a two-fold problem: 1. The list was sent to me with the addressees' company positions alonside their names, separated by a comma. Is there a quick way of separating the addressee's name and position which make up the first column? 2. Once I take the name column out of the table in order to alphabetize the last names, how do I put the table back together so that the right name is with the right row? Or is there a way to leave everything in the table and still alphabetize by last name? I'm sure this will turn out to be something simple for you, as well as something I should know by now, but the answer just doesn't come to me--especially getting the rearranged names back in place. Maybe I'll wake up in the morning with the answer or, better still, see your reply when I arise. If I could reach through the computer and thank you wonderful people personally, I would; but for now, a heartfelt thanks for all you do. 1. |
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