How are citations sorted within a TOA Group?
There are three sort modes: “sorted”, “sequential”, and “manual”. The sort mode in a TOA group can be explicitly set to sorted or sequential by the user; manual sorting is only set by Best Authority when the user manually moves an entry within a group in the Draft Review mode. By default, each group is set to “sorted”. By default, in sorted mode, Best Authority employs a smart sorting algorithm to treat alphabetical and numerical entries in such a way so that they appear in the order that is logically correct. There is an option in the TOA Options dialog to “turn off” the smart sorting algorithm and sort all entries strictly alphabetically. Sequential sort modes orders the citations within a TOA group by order of appearance in the document. If the citation appears in a footnote or endnote, its location in the document relative to other citations is determined by the foot/end note reference point.
There are three sort modes: “sorted”, “sequential”, and “manual”. The sort mode in a TOA Group can be explicitly set to sorted or sequential by the user; manual sorting is only set by Best Authority when the (Premium Edition) user manually moves an entry within a Group in Draft Review mode. By default, each Group is set to “sorted”. By default, in sorted mode, Best Authority employs a “Smart Sort” algorithm to treat alphabetical and numerical entries in such a way that they appear in the logically correct order. There is an option in the TOA Options dialog to disable the Smart Sort algorithm and sort all entries strictly alphabetically. Sequential sort mode orders the citations within a TOA Group by order of appearance in the document. If the citation appears in a footnote or endnote, its location in the document relative to other citations is determined by the footnote or endnote reference point.
