How to sort whole paragraphs in MS Word?

[Ricardo]

I have a list of words with explanations and examples below each of them.
It's a kind of mini dictionary built for learning purposes. I keep them in a
Word 2003 file. How should I organize it so I could sort the words (together
with the corresponding explanations) paragraph-wise? Now, when I use the
sort option the file becomes messy, of course?
Any ideas? Thanks in advance for your suggestions.

 

[JoAnn Paules]

Use a two column table. Word in left column, definition in right.

 

[ebloch]

Assuming you set up each word AND its description in a single paragraph
like:

"ACD" shall mean ...
"qws" shall mean ...
etc.

Then highlight all of the paragraphs and select "Table" > "Sort"

You do not need to format an actual table.

Eric

 

[Ricardo]

Use a two column table. Word in left column, definition in right.

Thanks for the suggestion. I actually thought of that myself but... I would
rather not build a table as the left column would unnecessarily take too
much space for just a word or short phrase while the right column containing
all of the notes and examples would have to be narrower.

 

[Ricardo]

Assuming you set up each word AND its description in a single paragraph
like:
"ACD" shall mean ...
"qws" shall mean ...
etc.
Then highlight all of the paragraphs and select "Table" > "Sort"
You do not need to format an actual table.
Eric

Well, my paragraphs are probably not what you would technically call a
paragraph as I have New Line Feeds within them, and in that case your method
won't work, will it?