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From: "Mike Ellis" <nihilsum@...>
> Sally Caves wrote:
>
> >I would be interested, too. I've tried to use Excel, but I can't get it
to
> >work. What I want the Excel columns to do is "switch." I can
alphabetize,
> >but I can't seem to separate column A from Column B. Column A can be
> >alphabetized, and it carries the Column B items with it. But how do I
get
> >Column B to become A and vice versa, which I can then alphabetize, and
> still
> >have all the words and meanings united? My column B seems welded to
Column
> >A.
>
> It CAN be done! Highlight your column A and put the arrow cursor right at
> the edge of it. You should be able to drag the whole column to the
opposite
> side of column B. This puts all of A in column C, but you can highlight
> both columns and move them left -- you end up with A and B switched. Now
> you can alphabetise the whole thing by what used to be column B.
And will the definitions that are in Column B be sorted properly, so that
they still adhere to Column A? (in otherwords, it's not just the new Column
A that gets alphabetized?
And what if Column A has more than a thousand items in it?
(Thanks for the tip; I'll try it)
Sally Caves
scaves@frontiernet.net
Eskkoat ol ai sendran, rohsan nuehra celyil takrem bomai nakuo.
"My shadow follows me, putting strange, new roses into the world."