On 04/17/2008 03:58 AM, Guy Voets wrote: > 2008/4/17, James Allan Davidson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> >> Dear Sir/Madam, >> Is it possible for you to help me solve this small problem I am having >> with OpenOffice Writer? >> I have quite a number of DVDs that I am making a list of them but cant >> find out how to put them in alphabet order could you please explain how I go >> about doing this as when I used Microsoft Office it was very easy to do as >> there was an icon you just clicked on to do it. >> Yours Sincerly >> James A Davidson > > > Hello, > > Search on 'Sort' in the Help for Writer. > You can sort alphabetically paragraphs you selected, or rows in a table. > Select your list of DVDs (supposing each has its own line or paragrapgh), go > to Tools > Sort and choose the criteria. > > HTH
Also, you might consider using Base. There is already a very handy table template in Base for CD & DVD collections. Open a new Base document, then select "Tables|Use Wizard to Create Table". Then click on "Personal" and from the dropdown "Sample tables" you will find: CD-Collection DVD-Collection -- You have been cc'd on this reply as you have posted to an open OOo mailing list. Please see: http://www.openoffice.org/mail_list.html for details and how to subscribe or view the archives so that you may see responses from other OOo users. Please *only* reply to [email protected] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
