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Old 05-19-2013, 01:30 PM
WaltR WaltR is offline Windows Vista Office 2007
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Default Question about sorting paragraphs in Word 2007

I'm working with an equalizer preset .ini file from AIMP3 media player. When AIMP3 saves a preset, it adds it to the end of the .ini file and the only way to change it's order is manually cut and paste it then save the file. There's no sort option in the interface. After accumulating many, many entries, I thought it would be a good idea to arrange them alphabetically. Rather than doing them all manually, I was hoping I could do them automatically in Word but there's a slight problem. Here's an example of what the entries look like in the .ini file:

[Alan Parsons Project]
Band0=-15
Band1=-15
Band2=0
Band3=-3
Band4=-6.59999990463257
Band5=-6.59999990463257
Band6=-6.59999990463257
Band7=-2.40000009536743
Band8=-2.40000009536743
Band9=-2.40000009536743
Band10=-2.40000009536743
Band11=4.5
Band12=9.60000038146973
Band13=9.60000038146973
Band14=13.5
Band15=13.5
Band16=13.5
Band17=-15
Version=2

[Wilco]
Band0=-15
Band1=-15
Band2=0
Band3=-3
Band4=-6.59999990463257
Band5=-6.59999990463257
Band6=-6.59999990463257
Band7=-2.40000009536743
Band8=-2.40000009536743
Band9=-2.40000009536743
Band10=-2.40000009536743
Band11=4.5
Band12=9.60000038146973
Band13=9.60000038146973
Band14=13.5
Band15=13.5
Band16=13.5
Band17=-15
Version=2

I'd like to be able to sort each paragraph alphabetically according to the first word and ignore the [ but I'm not sure this is possible. Does anyone know of an easy way to do this, at least easier than doing them manually? Thanks.
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