Help with sorting needed

Hi, deserately need your help,
I have this huge files that have lists and on those lists some items begin
with a letter and other begin with an asterisk, like this:
first sentence
*first sentence
second sentence
*second sentence
third sentence
*third sentence

I would like to move all the items that begin with an asterisk to the end of
the list without any additional sorting, I mean the sentences shouldn't be
further sorted by letters, like this:
first sentence
second sentence
third sentence
*first sentence
*second sentence
*third sentence

I hope somebody will help me out here,
thanx in advance,
Arthur

This should be possible. Perhaps someone more comfortable with wildcards can
point out what I'm doing wrong. It should be possible to use the Find dialog
as follows:

1. Check the box for "Highlight all items found."

2. Check the box for "Use wildcards."

3. Type \**^13 in the "Find what" box.

4. Click "Find All."

5. Click on the document title bar to return focus to the document without
deselecting the selected items.

6. Cut the selected items.

7. Paste at the end of the document.

The only problem is that, although Word will find \* (an asterisk), * (any
number of characters), and ^13 (a paragraph break) individually, when they
are all put together, Word does not find any items matching "this criteria."

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

"ArthurN" wrote in message
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Hi, deserately need your help,
I have this huge files that have lists and on those lists some items begin
with a letter and other begin with an asterisk, like this:
first sentence
*first sentence
second sentence
*second sentence
third sentence
*third sentence

I would like to move all the items that begin with an asterisk to the end
of
the list without any additional sorting, I mean the sentences shouldn't be
further sorted by letters, like this:
first sentence
second sentence
third sentence
*first sentence
*second sentence
*third sentence

I hope somebody will help me out here,
thanx in advance,
Arthur

try this:

3. Type \*(*)^13 in the "Find what" box.

Pam

Suzanne S. Barnhill wrote:
This should be possible. Perhaps someone more comfortable with wildcards can
point out what I'm doing wrong. It should be possible to use the Find dialog
as follows:

1. Check the box for "Highlight all items found."

2. Check the box for "Use wildcards."

3. Type \**^13 in the "Find what" box.

4. Click "Find All."

5. Click on the document title bar to return focus to the document without
deselecting the selected items.

6. Cut the selected items.

7. Paste at the end of the document.

The only problem is that, although Word will find \* (an asterisk), * (any
number of characters), and ^13 (a paragraph break) individually, when they
are all put together, Word does not find any items matching "this criteria."

Hi, deserately need your help,
I have this huge files that have lists and on those lists some items begin
[quoted text clipped - 20 lines]
thanx in advance,
Arthur

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Ah, yes. Works like a charm. Thanks, Pam.

Arthur: Follow the instructions I provided in my post, using the search term
Pam has provided, and you should be able to accomplish what you're looking
for.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

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try this:

3. Type \*(*)^13 in the "Find what" box.

Pam

Suzanne S. Barnhill wrote:
This should be possible. Perhaps someone more comfortable with wildcards
can
point out what I'm doing wrong. It should be possible to use the Find
dialog
as follows:

1. Check the box for "Highlight all items found."

2. Check the box for "Use wildcards."

3. Type \**^13 in the "Find what" box.

4. Click "Find All."

5. Click on the document title bar to return focus to the document without
deselecting the selected items.

6. Cut the selected items.

7. Paste at the end of the document.

The only problem is that, although Word will find \* (an asterisk), * (any
number of characters), and ^13 (a paragraph break) individually, when they
are all put together, Word does not find any items matching "this
criteria."

Hi, deserately need your help,
I have this huge files that have lists and on those lists some items
begin
[quoted text clipped - 20 lines]
thanx in advance,
Arthur

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