[HP4GU-FAQ] Re: Using the Whole Enchilada

[eloiseherisson at aol.com]

In a message dated 23/02/2003 19:53:11 GMT Standard Time, 
dicentra at xmission.com writes:


> To look for stuff, first you position your cursor somewhere in the
> first row of terms (just one cell), then hit the sort button.  Or, you
> select the whole table, then select "Data | Sort" from the main menu
> and configure it to sort by the B column.  Now everything is sorted
> alphabetically by the terms in the first term column.
> 
> You can either scroll down until you find the desired term, or you can
> hit CTRL + F to call up the "Find" dialog box.
> 
> You'll need to do this three times, once for each column.
> 

I had no problem at all in sorting (there's a first!) except.......

Well, there had to be something, didn't there........;-)

There is (or at least in the first version there was) a solid line separating 
the message numbers from the topic terms. 

The sorting's fine, but (at least in Works), you can't then select rows from 
*all* the columns at once to paste them into a new document. In making my own 
etymology catalogue, I had to copy and paste the message numbers separately, 
which wasn't a big deal, but did take several attempts and mistakes before I 
got them properly aligned.

If for any reason Excel-users want to use my or Catherine's original 
catalogues, the trick is to open it by right clicking and then selecting 
Excel when asked what you want to open it as. I have to do the reverse (open 
as a Works document) to use the Whole Enchilada.

~Eloise


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