Her's something that I think is impossible!

[Geoff Hassell]

I am copying ( by cut & paste) lots of text with paragraphs that are dated
in chronological oder. They are presented with the newest info first and the
oldest last. Is there any way that I can "reverse" a document in a simple
way rather than doing it manually. Sorry but I cant explain it any other
way. I really want to turn a document upside down with the oldest dated info
at the begining at the latest info at the end of the document..

I am using Word 2000 with XP.

Thanks

Geoff

 

[Norm Dresner]

I am copying ( by cut & paste) lots of text with paragraphs that are dated
in chronological oder. They are presented with the newest info first and the
oldest last. Is there any way that I can "reverse" a document in a simple
way rather than doing it manually. Sorry but I cant explain it any other
way. I really want to turn a document upside down with the oldest dated info
at the begining at the latest info at the end of the document..

I am using Word 2000 with XP.

Thanks

Geoff

Okay, here's one possibility, assuming that each paragraph has a date at the
start.

Convert the text to a table with only one column. Sort it to reverse the
order, then convert it back to text.

Norm

 

[Geoff Hassell]

Thanks Norm

Not bad for starters and as you say it works fine if paragraphs are dated.
Sadly they are not all .

Thanks for trying

Geoff

 

[Jane Alford]

Two possibilites:-
One.
Convert the paragraphs to a numbered list.
Convert document to a table at the paragraph
sort the table in descending order.
convert table back to text
convert paragraphs from list to normal

Two
Table at the paragraph.
Insert a column at the front/back of the table
number each row
sort the table in descending order
delete the created column
convert the table back to text.