Hi. yes they can. I just did the following to test. apple banana grape orange plumb I then did control a to select all. Then go to tables with alt a. Then scroll down to sort. In the sort dialog box, choose the options most appropriate and hit enter. Whatever text you've selected will be sorted. Cheers Darren ----- Original Message ----- From: shirley clow To: jaws-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Tuesday, November 24, 2009 10:09 AM Subject: [jaws-uk] Help please. Hello All, Does anyone know if a list of names and telephone numbers typed into a Word document can be automatically put into alphabetical order?... Many thanks, Shirley.