I don't know about other versions of Word but in XP, I've had some success using Options from the Sort menu to separate fields then mucking about with the Sort By choices. Table/Sort/click Options - make selections/click OK - make selections/click OK hope this helps. /g -----Original Message----- From: Candi Thomas [mailto:cthomas@xxxxxxx]=20 Sent: Friday, October 17, 2003 10:58 AM To: mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [mso] Sorting a table in Word Is it possible to sort a table in Word with the following issues: The table is comprised of address labels. The names are entered (as you might imagine) First Name first. There is no consistency to the formatting of the names themselves: ie, one entry is [First Name] [Last Name] another is [First Name] [Initial] [Initial] [Last Name] and another is [First Name] [Initial] [Last Name] [Title] =09 User wants to sort these based on the last name. =20 ???????? ************************************************************* 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=20 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 ************************************************************* ************************************************************* 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 *************************************************************