Word should let me sort a comma delimited list Pooka 16.07.2006 17:11:02 Currently to sort a list of items you need to convert the text to be sorted to a table, sort the table, then convert the table back to text. It would be convenient if you could highlight the text and sort it by punctuation - most frequently commas but also semicolons then sort it. ---------------- This post is a suggestion for Microsoft, and Microsoft responds to the suggestions with the most votes. To vote for this suggestion, click the "I Agree" button in the message pane. If you do not see the button, follow this link to open the suggestion in the Microsoft Web-based Newsreader and then click "I Agree" in the message pane. http://www.microsoft.com/office/community/en-us/default.mspx?mid=b856fdd7-6b8b-4a65-9010-385d7bf1b6c3&dg=microsoft.public.word.tables

Re: Word should let me sort a comma delimited list "Suzanne S. Barnhill" <sbarnhill[ at ]mvps.org> 16.07.2006 18:58:54 You don't have to convert it to a table. You can replace the commas with paragraph marks, sort, then replace the paragraph marks with commas. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Pooka" <Pooka[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:B856FDD7-6B8B-4A65-9010-385D7BF1B6C3[ at ]microsoft.com... [Quoted Text] > Currently to sort a list of items you need to convert the text to be sorted > to a table, sort the table, then convert the table back to text. It would be > convenient if you could highlight the text and sort it by punctuation - most > frequently commas but also semicolons then sort it. > > ---------------- > This post is a suggestion for Microsoft, and Microsoft responds to the > suggestions with the most votes. To vote for this suggestion, click the "I > Agree" button in the message pane. If you do not see the button, follow this > link to open the suggestion in the Microsoft Web-based Newsreader and then > click "I Agree" in the message pane. > > http://www.microsoft.com/office/community/en-us/default.mspx?mid=b856fdd7-6b8b-4a65-9010-385d7bf1b6c3&dg=microsoft.public.word.tables

Re: Word should let me sort a comma delimited list Pooka 17.07.2006 23:39:02 "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: [Quoted Text] > You don't have to convert it to a table. You can replace the commas with > paragraph marks, sort, then replace the paragraph marks with commas. > That's still a step into a different format to do the sort and then a step out - you just chose paragraphs instead of tables. I'm suggesting eliminating the need to step into a different format and then back out of it.

Re: Word should let me sort a comma delimited list "Klaus Linke" <info[ at ]fotosatz-kaufmann.de> 21.07.2006 21:54:56 [Quoted Text] > "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: > >> You don't have to convert it to a table. You can replace the commas with >> paragraph marks, sort, then replace the paragraph marks with commas. "Pooka" wrote: > That's still a step into a different format to do the sort and then a step > out - you just chose paragraphs instead of tables. I'm suggesting > eliminating the need to step into a different format and then back out of > it. Alphabetical comma separated lists are very rarely used. I'm not sure it makes sense to bloat Word with another new feature just to save a few seconds on these occasions? You could always write a macro to do the sorting (or get someone to write it for you). You would need to use that a lot to make it pay off though. Klaus