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Alphabetize a list disregarding articles such as "a" or "the"
Hi, I wanted to know how to alphabetize a list, but disregarding articles in
the beginning of a title, such as "a", "the" etc... I know how to alphabetize them, I was just wondering if anyone knew of an option to disregard those in the beginning. (I am alphabetizing a list of DVDs, but you shouldn't put something like "The American President" under the T's, it should be with the A's). Any help is appreciated! |
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Alphabetize a list disregarding articles such as "a" or "the"
Use a couple of Wildcare EditReplaces using
(The) ([A-z ]{1,}) in the Find what control, and \2, \1 in the Replace with control That will change The American President to American President, The Then do another one in which you replace the (The) in the suggestion above with (A) Then you can sort your list -- Hope this helps. Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my services on a paid consulting basis. Doug Robbins - Word MVP "aemilyl" wrote in message ... Hi, I wanted to know how to alphabetize a list, but disregarding articles in the beginning of a title, such as "a", "the" etc... I know how to alphabetize them, I was just wondering if anyone knew of an option to disregard those in the beginning. (I am alphabetizing a list of DVDs, but you shouldn't put something like "The American President" under the T's, it should be with the A's). Any help is appreciated! |
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