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  #1  
Old July 12th, 2004, 03:05 PM
DR
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In sorting a Word 2000 table, where one or more rows are marked as repeating
headers, the sort (Table | Sort) does not work properly unless I have
highlighted all the rows but the header row(s). Is this intended? Seems
that step shouldn't be necessary. Thanks.


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Old July 12th, 2004, 03:44 PM
Suzanne S. Barnhill
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Does it work if you don't select any rows? If the insertion point is in the
table and you use Table | Sort, the results should be as expected (all rows
sorted except the heading rows).

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"DR" wrote in message
...
In sorting a Word 2000 table, where one or more rows are marked as

repeating
headers, the sort (Table | Sort) does not work properly unless I have
highlighted all the rows but the header row(s). Is this intended? Seems
that step shouldn't be necessary. Thanks.



  #3  
Old July 12th, 2004, 06:31 PM
DR
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No, it highlights the entire table and the wiz asks me Sort By and shows
only the text of the first (of two) header lines as the choice. Send the
file?

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message
...
Does it work if you don't select any rows? If the insertion point is in

the
table and you use Table | Sort, the results should be as expected (all

rows
sorted except the heading rows).

--
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.

"DR" wrote in message
...
In sorting a Word 2000 table, where one or more rows are marked as

repeating
headers, the sort (Table | Sort) does not work properly unless I have
highlighted all the rows but the header row(s). Is this intended?

Seems
that step shouldn't be necessary. Thanks.





  #4  
Old July 12th, 2004, 06:49 PM
Klaus Linke
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Hi DR,

If you have heading rows, the Sort dialog will show those headings instead
of the column numbers.

So if you have columns with headings "First name", "Last name", the dialog
will show "Sort by: First name" instead of "Sort by: Column 1".

Maybe that's what you are seeing? Did you try if the sort works ok?

Greetings,
Klaus


  #5  
Old July 12th, 2004, 08:18 PM
DR
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Wish that's were the case. I have one row that's pure header, then a second
row with headings for the subsequent rows. Pretty standard. No matter what
I designate as repeating headers, the sort asks me whether I want to sort by
the text in the top row. If you mean something special or beyond this by
'heading rows' then maybe that's the problem, because all I have done is to
designate the first two rows as repeating headers (and as suggested above
also tried designating only the top row).

"Klaus Linke" wrote in message
...
Hi DR,

If you have heading rows, the Sort dialog will show those headings instead
of the column numbers.

So if you have columns with headings "First name", "Last name", the dialog
will show "Sort by: First name" instead of "Sort by: Column 1".

Maybe that's what you are seeing? Did you try if the sort works ok?

Greetings,
Klaus




  #6  
Old July 12th, 2004, 10:36 PM
Suzanne S. Barnhill
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Word will take only the top heading row for this purpose, and if you have
merged cells, it's useless. You will have to sort by Column 1, Column 2,
etc., instead. Alternatively, you can split the table between the two
heading rows, sort, then delete the intervening paragraph to rejoin the
table.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
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"DR" wrote in message
...
Wish that's were the case. I have one row that's pure header, then a

second
row with headings for the subsequent rows. Pretty standard. No matter

what
I designate as repeating headers, the sort asks me whether I want to sort

by
the text in the top row. If you mean something special or beyond this by
'heading rows' then maybe that's the problem, because all I have done is

to
designate the first two rows as repeating headers (and as suggested above
also tried designating only the top row).

"Klaus Linke" wrote in message
...
Hi DR,

If you have heading rows, the Sort dialog will show those headings

instead
of the column numbers.

So if you have columns with headings "First name", "Last name", the

dialog
will show "Sort by: First name" instead of "Sort by: Column 1".

Maybe that's what you are seeing? Did you try if the sort works ok?

Greetings,
Klaus





  #7  
Old July 13th, 2004, 12:10 AM
Klaus Linke
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I still don't get the problem. If I have 2 (or three, or 12) header rows in
the table, those aren't sorted.
So everything seems to be as it should be, or am I missing something?

Regards,
Klaus


"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:
Word will take only the top heading row for this purpose, and if you have
merged cells, it's useless. You will have to sort by Column 1, Column 2,
etc., instead. Alternatively, you can split the table between the two
heading rows, sort, then delete the intervening paragraph to rejoin the
table.

--
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.

"DR" wrote in message
...
Wish that's were the case. I have one row that's pure header, then a

second
row with headings for the subsequent rows. Pretty standard. No matter

what
I designate as repeating headers, the sort asks me whether I want to

sort
by
the text in the top row. If you mean something special or beyond this

by
'heading rows' then maybe that's the problem, because all I have done

is
to
designate the first two rows as repeating headers (and as suggested

above
also tried designating only the top row).

"Klaus Linke" wrote in message
...
Hi DR,

If you have heading rows, the Sort dialog will show those headings

instead
of the column numbers.

So if you have columns with headings "First name", "Last name", the

dialog
will show "Sort by: First name" instead of "Sort by: Column 1".

Maybe that's what you are seeing? Did you try if the sort works ok?

Greetings,
Klaus







  #8  
Old July 13th, 2004, 12:37 AM
Klaus Linke
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So everything seems to be as it should be, or am I missing something?

.... well, apart from possible problems with merged cells ... and from the
problem that the headers in the first row may not be very meaningful...

Ok, I think I got it now ;-)
Klaus


  #9  
Old July 13th, 2004, 12:39 AM
Suzanne S. Barnhill
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Klaus, try merging the cells in your top row. Then you'll see what the OP is
facing. I'm not saying that Word won't omit all heading rows from sorting,
only that the names of the columns to be sorted on come from the top row.

--
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.

"Klaus Linke" wrote in message
...
I still don't get the problem. If I have 2 (or three, or 12) header rows

in
the table, those aren't sorted.
So everything seems to be as it should be, or am I missing something?

Regards,
Klaus


"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:
Word will take only the top heading row for this purpose, and if you

have
merged cells, it's useless. You will have to sort by Column 1, Column 2,
etc., instead. Alternatively, you can split the table between the two
heading rows, sort, then delete the intervening paragraph to rejoin the
table.

--
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.

"DR" wrote in message
...
Wish that's were the case. I have one row that's pure header, then a

second
row with headings for the subsequent rows. Pretty standard. No

matter
what
I designate as repeating headers, the sort asks me whether I want to

sort
by
the text in the top row. If you mean something special or beyond this

by
'heading rows' then maybe that's the problem, because all I have done

is
to
designate the first two rows as repeating headers (and as suggested

above
also tried designating only the top row).

"Klaus Linke" wrote in message
...
Hi DR,

If you have heading rows, the Sort dialog will show those headings

instead
of the column numbers.

So if you have columns with headings "First name", "Last name", the

dialog
will show "Sort by: First name" instead of "Sort by: Column 1".

Maybe that's what you are seeing? Did you try if the sort works ok?

Greetings,
Klaus








  #10  
Old July 13th, 2004, 01:38 AM
Klaus Linke
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mmmHokay ... I'm a bit slow on the uptake sometimes

Klaus


 




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