Jason Wexler wrote:
Date: Mon, 5 Nov 2007 17:14:56 -0500
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Subject: Re: [users] Two questions on open office
Jason Wexler wrote:
Specifically the sort function in Writer does not correctly sort alphanumerics, the correct way to
sort alpha numeric lists in English is to ignore both indefinite and definite articles
("A" and "THE").
In general, I disagree with this statement. There are specific instances
when this is desired (Library of Congress listings, for example), but in
General, sort should not automatically choose to drop certain words and
letters during a sort.
I was trained as a Librarian, so I cannot think of a scenario when I would sort
a list of phrases or sentences, where I would want to take into consideration
of the articles, nor since I am a linguist can I think of a language which uses
its articles as a searchable perameter. If you have a scenario where keeping
the articles searchable would be of value, I would most definitely like to
learn (thats the problem with being a librarian/scientist, must always learn
something new LOL).
I guessed that you worked at a library because they are the people that
usually request a sort without leading words or characters. Sometimes
that leading character is a person's initials and I am sorting a list of
people.
I was in a library in Dresden Germany (at the TU) and I could not find a
journal. They did not speak English so they guessed at which word was
the most important and filed it under that word. Librarian can be a
difficult job :-)
--
Andrew Pitonyak
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See Also: http://documentation.openoffice.org/HOW_TO/index.html
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