Sort alphabetically in Word

You can quickly sort any one-level list (bullets or numbers) and sequence of paragraphs alphabetically in Word:

1. Highlight the list

unsorted list
2. Clicking on the sort button (Home tab -> paragraph group)

sort button

3. In the opening sort text window select paragraphs and under type select text and press ok

sort text window
This is the result: An alphabetically ordered list of the cities in Vermont

 

sorted list

 

BTW, a paragraph ends with the ¶ -character (end of paragraph sign or pilcrow). If you cannot see formatting signs like this one you can toggle them with the ¶ button next to the sort button.

 

 

 

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