sorting alphabetically

[jolenetra]

Hello
I have windows XP Home Edition, Though I have Microsoft
works I also have microsoft word, I made a table and
want to sort alphabetically. I have tried both ways (in
word and works) and cannot get the doc to sort. In word
when I click on tools>sort> then indicate column 1 - text-
ascending when I click on OK nothing happens. Can
someone help me. this is very frustrating.

 

[Doug Robbins - Word MVP]

Hi Jolentra,

It certainly works for me in Word. What sort of information do you have in
column 1 of the table.

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[Klaus Linke]

Hi Jo,

The only thing I can think of:

"Table > Sort" sorts either the rows of a table, or a bunch of paragraphs
outside a table.

If your "table" has all the text in one table row, Sort can't work.

Greetings,
Klaus

 

[Jolentra]

In column one I have Last Name, First names

-----Original Message-----
Hi Jolentra,

It certainly works for me in Word. What sort of information do you have in
column 1 of the table.

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[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Are you trying to sort on Last Name? It should work provided you have just
one name per row (cell).

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[jolenetra]

Yes I am trying to sort by last name, maybe I should put
just the last name in the first column then make another
column for the first name?

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

It should work as it is, but see
http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/TblsFldsFms/SplitFirstNameLastName.htm

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