[mso] Re: Auto resorting by page title?

A table of contents does not sort.  It is in the order of the pages within 
the document.

You could possibly use an index instead, if you want a sorted list of 
unsorted pages.

> I would like for Word to automatically place that before Jack Dublin,
> and repaginate the entire document. (I am tired of manually sorting
> and manually repagination.)

I don't know if you want Word to place the pages where you want them, or 
just the index entries.  If it's the pages, I don't see why Word would do 
anything automatically.  If you mean the index entries, then I'd assume that 
you would just regenerate (update?) the index.

I can't see why you are manually repaginating.  Word styles allow you to 
control pagination pretty completely.  For those rare occasions when it's 
not sufficient, you can insert manual breaks (e.g. break to odd page) that 
will live in the document and force the required page breaks.

I don't know if it's just me, but I don't consider that Word is a very good 
medium for holding what appears to be a database.  MS Access will hold your 
data in a form that can be sorted, selected and summarised.  Its report 
facilities should be good enough to allow the type of printed output that 
you're after.


Regards, Dave S

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Robert Carneal USA" <carnealre@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, December 24, 2008 5:27 PM
Subject: [mso] Auto resorting by page title?


>I am trying to write a family data book which includes genealogical
> data. At the top of each page is something like:
>
> Carneal, James Rich  (1793-1857), Va, Caroline Co, Ky, Christian
> Co    3GGF Front 0083
> or
> Carneal, James Rich  (1793-1857), Va, Caroline Co, Ky, Christian
> Co    3GGF Rvrse 0084
>
> (Assume Word is doing the paginations. The page numbers are at the
> far right of the title.)
>
> The "3GGF" is my personal code telling me how the person is related to me.
>
> Printing on both sides. How do I generate a table of contents and get
> future entries to automatically resort based on the top line?  If
> there are two James Rich Carneals, something will be different that
> will differentiate them. Dates, usually.
>
> Suppose the next page is:
>
> Dublin, Jack Conrad  (1853-1900), Tenn, Clarkson Co, Washington,
> D.C.  5GGU Front 0085
> Dublin, Jack Conrad  (1853-1900), Tenn, Clarkson Co, Washington,
> D.C.  5GGU Rvrse 0085
>
> **This spaces out evenly and correctly as one line on my computer, I
> hope it does as well for you.**
>
> So far, that is paginated correctly. Now suppose at the end, I add a
> name which goes between, such as:
> Davis, John Edward   (1883-1912), Ky, Johnson Co, Ky, Jefferson
> Co.    4CR2 Front
> Davis, John Edward   (1883-1912), Ky, Johnson Co, Ky, Jefferson
> Co.    4CR2 Rvrse
>
> I would like for Word to automatically place that before Jack Dublin,
> and repaginate the entire document. (I am tired of manually sorting
> and manually repagination.)
>
> I am using Word 2000, using Windows XP Pro. Can that be done?
>
> For the curious, yes, this is a two-sided document. My printer is
> duplex, so I am hoping that will work.
>
> Thank you.
>
> Robert
>
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