Hi, Darren: Have you tried specifying the sort order with square brackets in each index marker? For example:
Heidi Chronicles.[Heidi Chronicles] Heidi.[Heidi] etc. Markerworker is a free marker editing tool from cudspan. Search Google for: markerworker cudspan HTH ________________ Regards, Peter Gold KnowHow ProServices On Mon, Nov 3, 2008 at 8:03 AM, Butler, Darren J CTR USAF AFMC 584 CBSS/GBHAC <Darren.Butler.ctr at robins.af.mil> wrote: > Fred Ridder wrote: >>>The cause is easy. Period follow spaces in the standard sort order. > Any entry that includes Heidi followed by a space will sort before an > entry that has Heidi followed by a period (or almost any other > punctuation character). The best fix for your situation is another > matter...<< > > > If changing the SortOrder or the IgnoreChars building blocks won't help, > does anybody have any ideas on what else I can do - even if it's not a > total fix - because I have a customer that's producing very large > indexes. Finding every out-of-order "Heidi" would be tedious and > eye-straining. > > Thanx, > DJ > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Fred Ridder [mailto:docudoc at hotmail.com] > Sent: Wednesday, October 29, 2008 12:33 PM > To: Butler, Darren J CTR USAF AFMC 584 CBSS/GBHAC > Subject: RE: Sorting: Ignoring periods > > The cause is easy. Period follow spaces in the standard sort order. > Any entry that includes Heidi followed by a space will sort before an > entry that has Heidi followed by a period (or almost any other > punctuation character). > > The best fix for your situation is another matter... > > > >> Subject: Sorting: Ignoring periods >> Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2008 11:43:32 -0400 >> From: Darren.Butler.ctr at Robins.af.mil >> To: framers at lists.frameusers.com >> >> Hello fellow FrameManiacs, >> >> >> >> In an index of paragraph titles; >> >> >> >> I WANT: >> >> Heidi. >> >> Heidi Chronicles. >> >> Heidi Fleiss. >> >> Heidi Ho. >> >> Heidi Klum. >> >> >> >> I GET: >> >> Heidi Chronicles. >> >> Heidi Fleiss. >> >> Heidi Ho. >> >> Heidi Klum. >> >> Heidi. >> >> >> >> Do I need to monkey with the SortOrder of the IgnoreChars? >> >> >> >> TIA, >> >> DJ
