On Wednesday, Jul 9, 2003, at 08:23 America/New_York, Bryan Forrest wrote:
> On Wednesday, July 9, 2003, at 8:03 AM, Marta Edie wrote: > >> Thanks Bill and Jerrry for giving the full meaning for the >> abbreviations used! Harry, what is GPS? >> Question : I made a list of all those abbreviations used in the >> Mac-e-mails ( in the order they were received! !) They are on a plain >> word processing document of Appleworks 6 and in random order. >> is there a way in appleworks or any other installed program that >> would automatically sort these into alphabetical order if I gave the >> sorting click ? The list is getting long and needs alphabetizing. >> Marta >> Heinzelm?nnchenk?nigin A.D. >> >> >> | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will >> | be July 22. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. >> | This list's page is <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup>. >> > > GPS = Global Positioning System, a computer that can communicate with > orbiting sattelites to triangulate your position on the globe within a > few feet. > > As far as sorting the abbreviations (why is abbreviation such a long > word?), I would select all, copy the text and paste into a spreadsheet > - each term should automatically paste into its own cell - and then > use the spreadsheet's sort function. Once sorted, select all, copy and > paste back into a word processing document. > > Bryan C. Forrest > Macintosh Specialist > LifeNet > http://www.lifenet.org > Brian - consider it done! Worked like a charm. I have never used a spreadsheet before. Was always glad to manage the word processing capabilities!. Oh, the miracles of technoloy. Harry Potter's quidditch battles in the air with his titanium broomstick are nothing compared to the wonders the titanium powerbook can bring forth! > > | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will > | be July 22. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. > | This list's page is <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup>. > > Marta Heinzelm?nnchenk?nigin A.D. | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be July 22. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. | This list's page is <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup>.
