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- SORTING THE ELEMENTS ON AN OUTLINE LEVEL
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- A. To sort the elements on a particular outline level,
- choose Sort Outline Level from the Outline Menu. This
- function allows you to organize elements in much the same
- way as a dictionary organizes words. (All children of an
- element are moved along with their parent.) Choosing this
- function displays an option box with three settings that
- control the sort:
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- 1. Sort Direction. You can sort elements in either forward or
- reverse order. If Sort Direction is set to "Increasing,"
- the elements will be sorted in the conventional forward
- order. If it's set to "Decreasing," the elements will be
- sorted in the reverse order.
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- 2. Type Of Sort. If Type of Sort is set to "Dictionary," the
- elements will be sorted in the following order from lowest
- to highest: punctuation, numbers, upper- and lowercase
- letters without regard for case, and blanks. If it's set to
- "Pure Ascii," the elements will be sorted in the following
- order from lowest to highest: blanks, punctuation, numbers,
- uppercase letters, and lowercase letters.
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- 3. Field Number To Sort. PC-OUTLINE sorts based on the
- characters following a colon in an element. In the child of
- this element, "Sample 1" is the 0th field, "b" is the 1st
- Field, "3" is the 2nd field, and "OK" is the 3rd.
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- a) Sample 1 :b :3 :OK
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- B. Move the cursor to the children of these elements and try
- several sorts for yourself. Try different settings of Sort
- Direction, Type of Sort, and Field Number. Watch how the
- order of the elements change; keeping track of their
- original positions is easy with the words "Sample 1,"
- "Sample 2," etc. (Note: If you sort by a Field Number
- higher than the number of fields of any element in the sort
- --4 or more in this example--sorting will simply reverse the
- order of the elements. Doing it again will simply reverse
- the order again, back to their original places.)
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- 1. Sample 1 :b :3 :OK
- 2. Sample 2 :c :41 :OK
- 3. Sample 3 :d :3 :OK
- 4. Sample 4 :e :19 :OK
- 5. Sample 5 :a :7 :OK