Suzanne
Wed Dec 17 09:28:23 CST 2003
Actually, you can sort by Word 1 or Word 2 within a column. I was surprised
to learn this recently, and I forget what the secret handshake is, but it is
possible to do this. Ah, wait, I found the post in which I reported this:
To my extreme surprise, it is actually possible to do this! If you select
the same column for the primary and secondary sort, then you get additional
options (Word 1, Word 2, etc.).
--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site:
http://www.mvps.org/word
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"pre" <skrivtilgruppen@bredalsparken.dk> wrote in message
news:uM0Z65KxDHA.2328@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> Sorry. Right you are. In the meantime I contacted the MS Support, and
found
> that if I ignored the advice in help text and started by selecting a
column,
> the option is not dimmed/locked.
>
> Still there´s. s problem with the following trxt:
> You can also sort by more than one word or field inside a single table
> column. For example, if a column contains both last and first names, you
can
> sort by either last name or first name, just as you could if the last and
> first names were in a list instead of a table.
>
> That routine was not found.
>
> (After all there´s several errors in other OFFICE2003 aps., so I may have
to
> contact MS again).
>
> perian
>
> "Suzanne S. Barnhill" <sbarnhill@mvps.org> wrote in message
> news:%230gGnVDxDHA.2356@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> > Is it one or more than one you're trying to do? Your subject line and
> > message body seem to be in conflict.
> >
> > --
> > Suzanne S. Barnhill
> > Microsoft MVP (Word)
> > Words into Type
> > Fairhope, Alabama USA
> > Word MVP FAQ site:
http://www.mvps.org/word
> > Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
newsgroup
> so
> > all may benefit.
> >
> > "pre" <skrivtilgruppen@bredalsparken.dk> wrote in message
> > news:#0ALViBxDHA.2092@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> > > The option for sorting only a single column is checked AND dimmed.
> Detect
> > > and repair didn´t fix even after two tries. What can I do?
> > >
> > > perian
> > >
> > >
> >
>
>