I have a long list of paragraphs (entries in the index of a book) that I have 
to alphabetize. The first word of each paragraph (entry) is where the 
alphabetizing should start. It should then proceed to process the next para.
      As I remember from doing this quite a while ago, the lines within each 
para must be separated by a line break (SHIFT+ENTER).

No line breaks are required; note, however, that in Word a *paragraph* ends 
with a paragraph mark (which you insert by pressing Enter). You can use 
Ctrl+Shift+8 to show/hide paragraph marks (�) as well as other nonprinting 
marks in Word.

To perform the actual sort: Select the paragraphs that you want to sort. On 
the Home tab, click the Sort button in the Paragraph group.

-- 
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP



"Justine" <Justine@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message 
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>I have a long list of paragraphs (entries in the index of a book) that I 
>have
> to alphabetize. The first word of each paragraph (entry) is where the
> alphabetizing should start. It should then proceed to process the next 
> para.
>      As I remember from doing this quite a while ago, the lines within 
> each
> para must be separated by a line break (SHIFT+ENTER).