Sorting tables in writer can be achieved by selecting tools > sort ... You will be asked to confirm which column you wish to sort by.
Paste special is still the best to do, since it removes any of the hidden formatting codes that you have with email and web pages. /paul On 8/28/05, Judith Rausch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > after going to the following sites : > http://news.gmane.org/gmane.comp.openoffice.questions or > - > http://www.openoffice.org/servlets/SummarizeList?listName=users > > http://documentation.openoffice.org : where you will find > alot of relevant > documentation; > - http://www.ooforum.org : an online help forum; > - http://OOoDocs.org : extra documentaion; > > and coming up with "no matches" any where to answer my question I am hoping > you may help me. Two issues in OO word processing: > > 1. Using tables - how do I sort by column? Say I have a 3 column table > with name, date and info. Sometimes I need to sort by name, other times by > date, etc. > > 2. Whenever I select and cut info from most emails or web pages and paste > into OO I have bizarre off-page and have to go to edit, select "paste > special" which puts the info into a cleaned up text format, but also leaves > the old off-page copy in the same file. Is there anyway to just cut and > paste info into an OO document without all that song-and-dance? I love OO > and enjoy using it and contributed to the support of OO, but have not > figured out many details of using the word processing features. > > Thank you for any and all help. Judith > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > Version: 7.0.344 / Virus Database: 267.10.16/83 - Release Date: 8/26/2005 > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
