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Brat
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      01-26-2008
I have a document that is a long list of movie titles, created in Word in the
format of 2 columns. I used to be able to "select all" and then Word would
"sort" the list into alphabetical order.... but having transferred this
document to Works Word Processor, I don't appear to have this option any
more. Anyone know if I can do this without having to resort to spreadsheets,
about which I know nothing?! I would much prefer to be able to perform this
action in my document as it is. I have tried cutting/copying and pasting
into a table, but it won't transfer into a format I can use. Thank you in
advance.

 
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Joseph Meehan
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      01-26-2008
Well Works is not a full featured word processing tool. I would guess
that is one feature not available. MS Word (most versions anyway) will
function on Vista. If you own a standard version vs OEM and have the disk
along with the key code, you likely will be able to add that to your new
machine. If not you can purchase a copy or Word or an MS Office package
with Word.

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> I have a document that is a long list of movie titles, created in Word in
> the
> format of 2 columns. I used to be able to "select all" and then Word would
> "sort" the list into alphabetical order.... but having transferred this
> document to Works Word Processor, I don't appear to have this option any
> more. Anyone know if I can do this without having to resort to
> spreadsheets,
> about which I know nothing?! I would much prefer to be able to perform
> this
> action in my document as it is. I have tried cutting/copying and pasting
> into a table, but it won't transfer into a format I can use. Thank you in
> advance.
>


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Dave T.
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      01-27-2008
Brat wrote:
> I have a document that is a long list of movie titles, created in Word in the
> format of 2 columns. I used to be able to "select all" and then Word would
> "sort" the list into alphabetical order.... but having transferred this
> document to Works Word Processor, I don't appear to have this option any
> more. Anyone know if I can do this without having to resort to spreadsheets,
> about which I know nothing?! I would much prefer to be able to perform this
> action in my document as it is. I have tried cutting/copying and pasting
> into a table, but it won't transfer into a format I can use. Thank you in
> advance.
>

As Joseph said, Works is not a full featured word processor. The best
suggestion I can give, short of buying Word, is to educate yourself
about spreadsheets. Again, Works is not Excel, but you would be amazed
at what you can do with spreadsheets. A list is a natural document for a
spreadsheet, and once educated, you can print documents that look really
fantastic without grid lines. You can format, control fonts, anything
you want. The printed document will look just like a word processor
document.

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