Nisus Writer Pro - Manual (Page 302)

282 Line Numbering Paginating Numbering Lines, Sorting and More
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A “Pleading Page” or “Pleading Paper” document
Alphabetizing (Sorting) Paragraphs
It only takes Nisus Writer Pro a few seconds to sort lists consisting of individual paragraphs. (Each
paragraph can be as short as one character.)
Paragraphs can be a blank line, a few words, a block of text, or even an image, followed by a Return
character.
• Blank lines are placed first.
• Paragraphs beginning with numbers are placed ahead of those beginning with letters.
Any sequence of numbers beginning a paragraph is interpreted as a numeral. Paragraphs are sorted
in order of these numerals. Those beginning with the same numerals are sorted by the remaining
characters.
• Paragraphs beginning with alphabetic characters appear last.
Any selection containing part of a paragraph is extended to include the entire paragraph when
sorted.
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The Language attribute applied to the first selected paragraph affects the ordering of the sorted
paragraphs. If you have paragraphs in multiple languages and you want to sort them you might want
to sort each set of paragraphs separately. Sorting by language only works in Leopard (Mac OS X 10.5).