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Alphabetizing in word
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jsw
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If it were me, I'd save the words as a text file (or copy it into TextEdit and save it from there), then go into Terminal and type
where xxx.txt is the name of the original file, and xxx.1.txt (or any other name) is a sorted version of it.
Then open that second file, and it'll all be sorted.
How to do it in Word? Dunno.
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sort xxx.txt > xxx.1.txtThen open that second file, and it'll all be sorted.
How to do it in Word? Dunno.
iSaint
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It's a bullet feature. You can choose the type of bulleting you want to use on the Bullets and Numbering toolbar.
EDIT: DOH! I was thinking creating a list.
I've sorted tables by column that were in Word. Table>Sort
You can hide Gridlines under the same toollbar heading so you won't see them.
EDIT: DOH! I was thinking creating a list.
I've sorted tables by column that were in Word. Table>Sort
You can hide Gridlines under the same toollbar heading so you won't see them.
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for some reason the terminal method, suggested by jsw, said i didn't have access to the file. Nuc and iSaint, your ideas were great, but I was feeling too lazy to make a table or excel workbook, so i found http://flap.tv/alphabetize.php. really quite handy! thanks to all for the suggestions.
From within Word, just select the list of words you want to alphabetize and then Table>sort> and choose by paragraph. Easy -- though like most MS products, not intuitive! Who would think to go to "table" when you are not working in a table???