Need to sort words or paragraphs that begin with quote marks but should be sorted by the first text character, not the quote mark?
• “…Unfortunately, the alphabetical sort is not purely alphabetical, since punctuation marks and symbols at the start of a word introduce a degree of disorder. Let’s say quote marks are keeping you from obtaining the sorting results you expect when sorting on the first word in a field. A macro could search for the initial quote mark, delete it, search for the final quote mark, delete it, space, then type a symbol (such as a spade) as a signal that the preceding word should be surrounded by quote marks. You could then sort normally on the first word. Once the sorting is done, another macro could search for the symbol, delete it with its space, back up to the end of the preceding word, type a quote mark, then move to the start of the word and type a quote mark.” • Want to find the longest sentence in a document? For WordPerfect 10 and later, you can use a small macro by Kenneth Hobson. See here and also scroll down through the thread, which should explain why you need to turn on “Use W
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