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can i sort the words in a paragraph?
stumped-in-excel 12/16/2008 10:35:00 PM
I'm running Word2003
I created an information string of email addresses each separated by a coma.
Is there a way I can sort these alphabetically? example: smith[ at ]isp.com
smyth[ at ]isp2.com, jones[ at ]*.com, *[ at ]isp.*, etc.

I'm wondering if I should drop them into excel (paste special) sort and
paste back into word - but i need them in "row" form not columns. This will
be combursome - is there a better way?


Re: can i sort the words in a paragraph?
"Suzanne S. Barnhill" <sbarnhill[ at ]mvps.org> 12/16/2008 11:28:48 PM
You can replace the commas with paragraph marks, sort the list, then replace
the paragraph marks with commas.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

"stumped-in-excel" <stumpedinexcel[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
message news:69E1AAED-1B6B-47F6-A17B-73FC89E560C4[ at ]microsoft.com...
[Quoted Text]
> I'm running Word2003
> I created an information string of email addresses each separated by a
> coma.
> Is there a way I can sort these alphabetically? example: smith[ at ]isp.com
> smyth[ at ]isp2.com, jones[ at ]*.com, *[ at ]isp.*, etc.
>
> I'm wondering if I should drop them into excel (paste special) sort and
> paste back into word - but i need them in "row" form not columns. This
> will
> be combursome - is there a better way?
>
>
>


Re: can i sort the words in a paragraph?
stumped-in-excel 12/17/2008 3:19:01 AM
HI Suzanne - I love this site... Can you take a moment to tell me how to
replace commas with paragraph marks?



"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

[Quoted Text]
> You can replace the commas with paragraph marks, sort the list, then replace
> the paragraph marks with commas.
>
> --
> Suzanne S. Barnhill
> Microsoft MVP (Word)
> Words into Type
> Fairhope, Alabama USA
> http://word.mvps.org
>
> "stumped-in-excel" <stumpedinexcel[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
> message news:69E1AAED-1B6B-47F6-A17B-73FC89E560C4[ at ]microsoft.com...
> > I'm running Word2003
> > I created an information string of email addresses each separated by a
> > coma.
> > Is there a way I can sort these alphabetically? example: smith[ at ]isp.com
> > smyth[ at ]isp2.com, jones[ at ]*.com, *[ at ]isp.*, etc.
> >
> > I'm wondering if I should drop them into excel (paste special) sort and
> > paste back into word - but i need them in "row" form not columns. This
> > will
> > be combursome - is there a better way?
> >
> >
> >
>
>
>
Re: can i sort the words in a paragraph?
"Suzanne S. Barnhill" <sbarnhill[ at ]mvps.org> 12/17/2008 4:14:35 AM
Use Replace (Ctrl+H). In the "Find what" box, type a comma. In the "Replace
with" box, enter ^p. Replace All. After you've sorted the paragraphs (Table
| Sort), reverse the Replace operation.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

"stumped-in-excel" <stumpedinexcel[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
message news:66C14D8F-E5EA-4C77-B330-F69CCA5AB556[ at ]microsoft.com...
[Quoted Text]
> HI Suzanne - I love this site... Can you take a moment to tell me how to
> replace commas with paragraph marks?
>
>
>
> "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:
>
>> You can replace the commas with paragraph marks, sort the list, then
>> replace
>> the paragraph marks with commas.
>>
>> --
>> Suzanne S. Barnhill
>> Microsoft MVP (Word)
>> Words into Type
>> Fairhope, Alabama USA
>> http://word.mvps.org
>>
>> "stumped-in-excel" <stumpedinexcel[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
>> message news:69E1AAED-1B6B-47F6-A17B-73FC89E560C4[ at ]microsoft.com...
>> > I'm running Word2003
>> > I created an information string of email addresses each separated by a
>> > coma.
>> > Is there a way I can sort these alphabetically? example:
>> > smith[ at ]isp.com
>> > smyth[ at ]isp2.com, jones[ at ]*.com, *[ at ]isp.*, etc.
>> >
>> > I'm wondering if I should drop them into excel (paste special) sort and
>> > paste back into word - but i need them in "row" form not columns. This
>> > will
>> > be combursome - is there a better way?
>> >
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
>>
>


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