[users] Re: OPENOFFICE RE: SORTING

2007-08-24 Thread John King
Paul wrote:



 DEAR Y'ALL,

 Greetings.

 Can one sort text?  I Journal and want to sort by date
 (in this
 format:  2007 0819 0127 SUN) or category.  In the Help section
 the only thing I can fine regarding sorting is about tables
 and the only button in Formulas.

 Are things similar to Corel Wordperfect's QuickCorrect
 and
 QuickWords possible?

 Thanks.


 WITH ENTHUSIASM,

 t  r  a  c  y  .
 
 
 You can sort tables within writer. Simply highlight the cells
 that you want
 sorted, then select  tools  sort.  Select the columns that you
 want to sort
 on  - then off you go.
 
 /paul
 
 

In writer the text doesn't have to be in a table.  You can sort
any text by selecting it first. e.g

2007 0819 0128 SUN
2007 0819 0127 SUN
2007 0818 0127 SUN

can be sorted by selecting it, and then using Tools - Sort to
identify the fields to sort.
-- 

John

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Re: [users] Re: OPENOFFICE RE: SORTING

2007-08-24 Thread Barbara Duprey



John King wrote:

Paul wrote:

  

DEAR Y'ALL,

Greetings.

Can one sort text?  I Journal and want to sort by date
(in this
format:  2007 0819 0127 SUN) or category.  In the Help section
the only thing I can fine regarding sorting is about tables
and the only button in Formulas.

Are things similar to Corel Wordperfect's QuickCorrect
and
QuickWords possible?

Thanks.


WITH ENTHUSIASM,

t  r  a  c  y  .
  

You can sort tables within writer. Simply highlight the cells
that you want
sorted, then select  tools  sort.  Select the columns that you
want to sort
on  - then off you go.

/paul





In writer the text doesn't have to be in a table.  You can sort
any text by selecting it first. e.g

2007 0819 0128 SUN
2007 0819 0127 SUN
2007 0818 0127 SUN

can be sorted by selecting it, and then using Tools - Sort to
identify the fields to sort.
  
It sounded as if the OP (I don't think t r a c y was subscribed, but I 
don't have her e-mail handy) has a more complex kind of data than really 
works well with simple lists. Her journal probably belongs in a table 
(Table | Convert | Text to Table might work, if the data is well-behaved 
enough to sort properly anyway). Then she'd need to select the whole 
table (not just the columns she's sorting by), or a range of rows, and 
use Table | Sort, which is near Table | Formulas but has nothing to do 
with them.


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