Microsoft Office Forums - View Single Post - [Solved] alphabetize a list (manual index) with entries and sub-entries

shmu · 08-01-2016, 11:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Guessed

I would do this by modifying the list to include the parent on every line, sorting and then removing the parent eg

Code:

animals
 - cat
 - dog
 - monkey
plants
 - grass
 - tree
 - shrubbery

becomes

Code:

animals
 animals - cat
 animals - dog
 animals - monkey
plants
 plants - grass
 plants - tree
 plants - shrubbery

This is easy to sort as one big group and then you can remove the parents where necessary

thanks for idea.