How to Rearrange Pages in Word. This wikiHow teaches you how to reorder pages in a Microsoft Word document. While Word doesn't provide a simple way to do this, you can still rearrange content either by creating a heading for each page.
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You can sort a column by Number, Text or Date depending on the values. As you can see, there’s a choice to sort in either direction.My list has tells Word whether to include or exclude the top row or header from the sort.NOT automaticRemember that Word sorting is a ‘one-time’ deal. If you change the table (add/remove rows) the sort order is NOT automatically applied.You have to reapply the Sort command after data changes.Saving Sort Criteriashows how to save and reapply sorting rules to a table.
Separate fields at. Tabs. Commas. OtherThis option lets you break up a single entry into different elements for sorting. The most common option used is ‘space’ and that’s missing from the list given. To separate by space choose ‘Other’ and ensure the hyphen is replaced with a single space.Use the space to separate first names from surnames. This is list sorted by ‘Astronaut’ but uses first names.
Al Bean. Al Shepard. Buzz Aldrin.
Charlie Duke. Dave Scott. Ed Mitchell. Gene Cernan.
Jack Schmitt. John Young. Neil Armstrong. Pete Conrad. Scott IrwinChange the field separator to space then Sort by: ‘Word 2’. Buzz Aldrin.
Neil Armstrong. Al Bean. Gene Cernan. Pete Conrad. Charlie Duke. Scott Irwin.
Ed Mitchell. Jack Schmitt. Dave Scott. Al Shepard. John YoungThat works for a simple “First Surname” situation but if you add some middle names, nicknames or other common prefixes then this feature breaks down. For example:.
Jack ‘Harrison’ Schmitt. Farouk El Baz. Werner von BraunOther lists that can use the ‘Separate Fields’ option are:Using colon character to sort by number:. Mercury: 6 manned missions.
Gemini: 10 manned missions. Apollo: 11 missions. Space Shuttle: 135 missionsOr using $ to sort by dollar value:.
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Wilma $65,762. Betty $12,934. Barney $7642. Fred $134Note: choose type ‘Number’.
The values will sort correctly with or without commas.Sort columns only – this choice is usually fixed but is active if you choose a table column and want only that column to be sorted.Case sensitive – sorts normally ignore case.Right-to-left language first – text sorts only.Ignore – some choices for character types to ignore when sorting. (e.g. Accents, acute, grave, umlaut etc.). alef lam in Arabic.Sorting languageThis option is, as far as we know, unique to Word and very useful. Normally sorting order or collation is controlled by the Windows Regional setting but Word Tables have the choice of a separate order in a language different from the Windows setting or the languages used in the document.
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