How to automatically sort list items in Microsoft Word 2007

In Microsoft Word 2007, you can automatically sort list items in a paragraph. This can be done by using the “Sort Option” present in Paragraph ribbon.

Consider if you want to sort the following list of items

  • London
  • New York
  • Paris
  • Delhi
  • Tokyo

Select the list items in the paragraph and click on the sort option.

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This would display the  following Sort Text window, where you can specify the

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Sort By, the type of content either Text or Number or Date and Sort Order.

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Andy November 10, 2009 at 9:06 pm

This is a great tutorial on sorting paragraphs in Word. I love this feature! You should think about joining the Office conversation on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/office

Cheers,
Andy
MSFT Office Outreach Team

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