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Old September 27th, 2007, 07:32 PM posted to microsoft.public.word.tables
Joe
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I want to sort a column in a Word table with values such as A1, A2, A3... etc
up to A14 but the binary system puts A14 before A2. Is there any simple way
to change this to use the traditional decimal system.
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Old September 27th, 2007, 08:13 PM posted to microsoft.public.word.tables
Suzanne S. Barnhill
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The easiest solution is probably going to use A01, A02, etc. (or add two
zeroes if the numbers include triple digits).

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I want to sort a column in a Word table with values such as A1, A2, A3...

etc
up to A14 but the binary system puts A14 before A2. Is there any simple

way
to change this to use the traditional decimal system.


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Old September 27th, 2007, 10:17 PM posted to microsoft.public.word.tables
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"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

The easiest solution is probably going to use A01, A02, etc. (or add two
zeroes if the numbers include triple digits).

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"Joe" wrote in message
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I want to sort a column in a Word table with values such as A1, A2, A3...

etc
up to A14 but the binary system puts A14 before A2. Is there any simple

way
to change this to use the traditional decimal system.


Thank you Suzanne, that seems like a great idea.

 




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