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Sorting Information in Columns |
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WordPerfect® 5.1 for DOS
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Solutions: Sort Columns WordPerfect is currently unable to sort any type of column (i.e., newspaper, parallel) correctly. The best thing to do is to sort the information before it is placed into the columns; or if the text is already in columns, block and move the text from the columns to document two, sort it, and then move it back into the original columns in document one. If these methods are not used, then the user will have to go through a lot of reformatting and editing after sorting. It is possible for a user to sort text which is in parallel columns if it is not necessary for the column feature to be used (i.e., tabbed columns will work). Search for the Column On codes and replace them with nothing. The text will end up with hard page [HPg] codes which can be replaced with tabs. Once the text is in tabular columns, the user can sort the document with no problem. Note that this procedure only works if the customer has only one line of text in each column. Parallel Columns - Sorting By Converting To Tables One way to sort parallel columns is to convert them to a table. To do this, block the information in the columns and press Alt-F7. Press 2 (for Tables), 1 (create), 2 (Create Table From Parallel Columns) and then sort the table. Once the sort has been performed, save the file into a 5.0 format through Ctrl-F5. Clear the screen and retrieve the 5.0 file. This process converts the table back to parallel columns. Another user found that if they entered the text in newspaper columns, it sorted correctly without having to make any other changes. |
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