Secret Tips and Tricks to Sort Text Alphabetically in Microsoft Word
In addition to using the Sort menu on the Home, Table Tools, or Mailings tabs, there are several other ways to sort text alphabetically in Microsoft Word that you may not know about. Here are some secret tips and tricks you can try:
- You can use a shortcut keyboard to sort text alphabetically without opening the Sort menu. The trick is to select the text you want to sort, then press Alt + Shift + F10 on your keyboard. This will open the Sort menu directly, and you can specify sorting options as usual. If you want to sort the text alphabetically from A to Z, you can directly press Enter after pressing Alt Shift + F10. If you want to sort the text alphabetically from Z to A, you can press Alt D after pressing Alt + Shift + F10.
- You can use formula to sort text alphabetically within a table. The trick is to add a blank column to the right of the table, and then type the formula =SORT(A:A) in the first cell in the column, where A is the name of the column you want to sort. Then, press Enter and copy the formula into the cells below it. This will generate a text list sorted alphabetically based on the column you selected. You can delete the original column if you want, or hide it by changing its width to zero.
- You can use a macro to sort text alphabetically with a single click. The trick is to record a macro that runs the Sort menu with the options you want, and then assign a button, icon, or keyboard shortcut to run the macro. You can see the full tutorial on how to create and run macros in Microsoft Word here.
Thus the article on how to sort text alphabetically in Microsoft Word. Hope this article is useful and helps you in creating neater and more organized documents. Thank you for reading this article. See you in the next article!