[RickB]

Hi,

Is there any way I can paste words backwards? I have a short list of
e-mails addresses I need to sort by: .com/.edu/.gov/.org/.net and more like
that. The easiest way I figure is to pst them all backwards in a colum of
table then just sort.

Thanks, RickB

[Jay Freedman]

On Thu, 2 Oct 2008 18:45:01 -0700, RickB
wrote:

Hi,

Is there any way I can paste words backwards? I have a short list of
e-mails addresses I need to sort by: .com/.edu/.gov/.org/.net and more like
that. The easiest way I figure is to pst them all backwards in a colum of
table then just sort.

Thanks, RickB

The isn't any good way to paste backwards, but you don't have to.

The first thing is to make sure there are the same number of dots in each
address, adding extra ones at the beginning if necessary. For example, if the
starting set of addresses is





then you need to add one dot before john.adams and two dots before janedoe to
match the three dots in ludwig.van.beethoven:





Once this is set up, select the whole list and click Table Convert Text to
Table. In the dialog, under "Separate text at", choose Other and type a dot in
the box; then click OK.

The result is a table with the last node (the "top level domain" or TLD) in the
last column. (This is the purpose of matching the numbers of dots.)

Now click Table Sort. In the dialog, set the "Sort by" dropdown to the last
column of the table and click OK. The table will be sorted by the TLD.

Finally, click Table Convert Table to Text. Again choose to separate by
Other and type a dot in the box. When you click OK, the addresses will be put
back together. You'll have to run through and take out the extra dots at the
beginnings of the addresses.


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Jay Freedman
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[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

You'll have to run through and take out the extra dots at the
beginnings of the addresses.

And that runthrough can be accomplished by finding .^p and replacing with
^p.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

"Jay Freedman" wrote in message
...
On Thu, 2 Oct 2008 18:45:01 -0700, RickB
wrote:

Hi,

Is there any way I can paste words backwards? I have a short list of
e-mails addresses I need to sort by: .com/.edu/.gov/.org/.net and more
like
that. The easiest way I figure is to pst them all backwards in a colum of
table then just sort.

Thanks, RickB

The isn't any good way to paste backwards, but you don't have to.

The first thing is to make sure there are the same number of dots in each
address, adding extra ones at the beginning if necessary. For example, if
the
starting set of addresses is





then you need to add one dot before john.adams and two dots before janedoe
to
match the three dots in ludwig.van.beethoven:





Once this is set up, select the whole list and click Table Convert
Text to
Table. In the dialog, under "Separate text at", choose Other and type a
dot in
the box; then click OK.

The result is a table with the last node (the "top level domain" or TLD)
in the
last column. (This is the purpose of matching the numbers of dots.)

Now click Table Sort. In the dialog, set the "Sort by" dropdown to the
last
column of the table and click OK. The table will be sorted by the TLD.

Finally, click Table Convert Table to Text. Again choose to separate
by
Other and type a dot in the box. When you click OK, the addresses will be
put
back together. You'll have to run through and take out the extra dots at
the
beginnings of the addresses.


--
Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup
so all may benefit.

[JoAnn Paules]

I'd use Excel for that. Paste them in an Excel spreadsheet, Data - Text to
columns, sort as needed, concatinate, and paste back into Word. It sounds
like a drawn out process but it can be done in a few keystrokes.

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies"


"RickB" wrote in message
...
Hi,

Is there any way I can paste words backwards? I have a short list of
e-mails addresses I need to sort by: .com/.edu/.gov/.org/.net and more
like
that. The easiest way I figure is to pst them all backwards in a colum of
table then just sort.

Thanks, RickB