If you use a unique paragraph tag for the lists, you can generate an APL (alphabetical list of paragraphs) as a separate file....
s From: "Deirdre Reagan" <deirdre.rea...@gmail.com> Subject: sorting lists To: "Frame Users" <framers at lists.frameusers.com> Message-ID: <ac6165d80806030733h215c4cc4p3e046097b254fe15 at mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Hi all! I'm running Framemaker 8.0 on an XP PC. In our document, we have an illustration of an assembly, then a list of the parts that make up that assembly. If we have three illustrations, then we have three parts lists. We also want a master list of all the parts lists. Currently, we take the three parts lists, transfer them to Excel, combine them and sort them in Excel, then bring them back to Framemaker. Is there some way to do this work in Framemaker? Thanks! Deirdre