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Old 08-01-2018, 11:59 PM
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I've been trying to do something that i supposed to be very simple, that is, simply to reverse the order of paragraphs in a very long (150,000 line) .rtf document. If I selesct number/descending in home/paragraph/sort, I end up with what looks to be random garbage; in the sample below, line order (note, not the numbers themselves) that started 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10, 11 becomes line order 3,4,2,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,1:


1. A yeah, I damaged mine while reversing... Felt like a right idiot ¬ ¬ Jan 11, 2015 3:28pm
2. B I expect I’ll wreck it! ¬ ¬ Jan 11, 2015 12:06pm


3. B That’s not going to happen today ¬ ¬ Jan 11, 2015 12:05pm
4. A Just thought, if you’re not setting out too early, can you drop in before you set off? ¬ ¬ Jan 11, 2015 9:38am
5. A bye! ¬ ¬ Jan 11, 2015 8:35am
6. A yes, go to work! ¬ ¬ Jan 11, 2015 8:35am
7. B Gotta go to work!¬ ¬ Jan 11, 2015 8:35am
8. A thats a bit over the top! ¬ ¬ Jan 11, 2015 8:35am
9. A blimey! ¬ ¬ Jan 11, 2015 8:35am
10. B I bought the one with all the options! ¬ ¬ Jan 11, 2015 8:35am
11. A Did you get the cheap one in the end? ¬ ¬ Jan 11, 2015 8:35am


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1. A Did you get the cheap one in the end? ¬ ¬ Jan 11, 2015 8:35am
2. B That’s not going to happen today ¬ ¬ Jan 11, 2015 12:05pm
3. A yeah, I damaged mine while reversing... Felt like a right idiot ¬ ¬ Jan 11, 2015 3:28pm
4. B I expect I’ll wreck it! ¬ ¬ Jan 11, 2015 12:06pm
5. A Just thought, if you’re not setting out too early, can you drop in before you set off? ¬ ¬ Jan 11, 2015 9:38am
6. A bye! ¬ ¬ Jan 11, 2015 8:35am
7. A yes, go to work! ¬ ¬ Jan 11, 2015 8:35am
8. B Gotta go to work!¬ ¬ Jan 11, 2015 8:35am
9. A thats a bit over the top! ¬ ¬ Jan 11, 2015 8:35am
10. A blimey! ¬ ¬ Jan 11, 2015 8:35am
11. B I bought the one with all the options! ¬ ¬ Jan 11, 2015 8:35am




obviously, waht I wanted was line order, 11,10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1


Will I need a macro to acheive this?


If so, is there one 'pinned' somewheere on this forum that does this? It seems like such a simple thing
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Old 08-02-2018, 03:47 AM
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Sorting paragraphs can be rather hit and miss, but a macro will do it e.g.


Code:
Sub Macro1()
Dim oSource As Document
Dim oDoc As Document
Dim lngPara As Long
Dim oRng As Range
    Set oSource = ActiveDocument
    oSource.Save
    Set oDoc = Documents.Add(oSource.FullName)
    oDoc.Range.Text = ""
    For lngPara = oSource.Paragraphs.Count To 1 Step -1
        Set oRng = oDoc.Range
        oRng.Collapse 0
        oRng.FormattedText = oSource.Paragraphs(lngPara).Range.FormattedText
    Next lngPara
lbl_Exit:
    Set oDoc = Nothing
    Set oSource = Nothing
    Set oRng = Nothing
    Exit Sub
End Sub
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