Sorting a labels alphabetically

[Guest]

I have a table which contains address labels and would like to sort them all alphabetically by surname. Is this possible?

 

[Graham Mayor]

Not in their present form. Convert to text, sort then convert back to a
table and use that table as a data source for a mail merge to new labels.
See http://www.gmayor.com/convert_labels_into_mail_merge.htm
and
http://www.gmayor.com/mail_merge_labels_with_word_xp.htm

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[Jezebel]

select Sort from the table menu

I have a table which contains address labels and would like to sort them

all alphabetically by surname. Is this possible?

 

[Guest]

But if I sort it will sort on the first word which is the first name, I want to find out how to sort on the second word.

 

[Guest]

thanks for that Graham, I'll have a play this afternoon

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

You can sort by Word 2 if you choose a space for "Separate fields at" in the
Sort Options, but you will still be able to sort only one column at a time,
which is not much help if the label sheets have more than one label across.

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But if I sort it will sort on the first word which is the first name, I

want to find out how to sort on the second word.