Its not a mail merge. The labels are made up already and I want to put them in alphabetical order.I have a member whose name starts the B in with the names that start with C and so on. There is no data base on this one(Excel,Access) All i have is a list with names address etc that when i put the mailing labels into the printer they print them,I peel them and send 'em...bill ----- Original Message ----- From: "Linda F. Johnson" <linda@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Are you using a mail merge? If so, sort your SOURCE DATA file, not the > actual table with the labels in it. > > > > Yesterday I installed Office 2003 Pro Edition. A nice update from 2000 Pro. > I have a list of labels that i print off once a month,put the labels on the > envelope and put them in the mail using the avery label system # 5660 .As > membership changes I add or remove > names.The list is badly out of alphbetical order. I have gone to > Tables..sort text..sort by and the first box says paragraphs or field 1 with > the box on the right saying text,number,date. I have gone to the top right > corner asking for help and still can't figure out the way to do it. After > trying all the combinations of sorting I wonder...am I at the proper place > (Tables) or am i going at it wrong?..Any help would be > appreciated..T.I.A........bill ************************************************************* You are receiving this mail because you subscribed to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx or MicrosoftOffice@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To send mail to the group, simply address it to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To Unsubscribe from this group, send an email to mso-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" (without the quotes) in the subject line. Or, visit the group's homepage and use the dropdown menu. This will also allow you to change your email settings to digest or vacation (no mail). //www.freelists.org/webpage/mso To be able to use the files section for sharing files with the group, send a request to mso-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx and you will be sent an invitation with instructions. Once you are a member of the files group, you can go here to upload/download files: http://www.smartgroups.com/vault/msofiles *************************************************************