Sounds like you have hidden tabs at the start of the lines that won't sort properly. Hidden tabs are common when importing from word.
Sent from my iPad Cell: 951-202-0813 On Dec 7, 2012, at 5:58 AM, Steve Rickaby <srickaby at wordmongers.demon.co.uk> wrote: > Title says it all. Material sourced from Word (groan): I suspect gremlin > characters are messing up sort. > > I need to alpha-sort some 60 pp. Each entry starts with '[ref]' in left > column, where 'ref' is the reference marker. When sorted on col 1, the > results aren't alpha. Some sorting has taken place, but not a lot. There may > be gremlins: in many lines, positioning the insert cursor at the start of the > line and pressing the right arrow key does not advance the cursor past the > '[' until the right arrow key is pressed again. > > Copying one of the offending '<invisible character>[' pairs to the Find > dialog fails to find the character pair. However, searching for '^[' with > wildcards on shows that the not-sorted lines do not start with just '[', even > though that's all that is visible. Equally, lines that *have* sorted ok *do* > start with just '['. > > So: I know why it's not working, but no how to fix it. > > Helpful ideas, anyone? > > FrameMaker 7.0p757 for Mac. > -- > Steve > _______________________________________________ > > > You are currently subscribed to framers as sharon at anthrobytes.com. > > Send list messages to framers at lists.frameusers.com. > > To unsubscribe send a blank email to > framers-unsubscribe at lists.frameusers.com > or visit > http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/sharon%40anthrobytes.com > > Send administrative questions to listadmin at frameusers.com. Visit > http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
