Selection.Sort Method (Word)
Sorts the paragraphs in the specified selection.
Syntax
expression .Sort(ExcludeHeader, FieldNumber, SortFieldType, SortOrder, FieldNumber2, SortFieldType2, SortOrder2, FieldNumber3, SortFieldType3, SortOrder3, SortColumn, Separator, CaseSensitive, BidiSort, IgnoreThe, IgnoreKashida, IgnoreDiacritics, IgnoreHe, LanguageID, SubFieldNumber, SubFieldNumber2, SubFieldNumber3)
expression Required. A variable that represents a Selection object.
Parameters
Name |
Required/Optional |
Data Type |
Description |
|---|---|---|---|
ExcludeHeader |
Optional |
Variant |
True to exclude the first row or paragraph header from the sort operation. The default value is False. |
FieldNumber |
Optional |
Variant |
The first field by which to sort. |
SortFieldType |
Optional |
Variant |
The sort type for FieldNumber. Can be one of the WdSortFieldType constants. The default value is wdSortFieldAlphanumeric. Some of the WdSortFieldType constants may not be available to you, depending on the language support (U.S. English, for example) that you have selected or installed. |
SortOrder |
Optional |
Variant |
The sorting order to use when sorting FieldNumber. Can be one WdSortOrder constant.The default value is wdSortOrderAscending. |
FieldNumber2 |
Optional |
Variant |
The second field by which to sort. |
SortFieldType2 |
Optional |
Variant |
The sort type for FieldNumber2. Can be one of the WdSortFieldType constants. The default value is wdSortFieldAlphanumeric. Some of the WdSortFieldType constants may not be available to you, depending on the language support (U.S. English, for example) that you have selected or installed. |
SortOrder |
Optional |
Variant |
The sorting order to use when sorting FieldNumber2. Can be one WdSortOrder constant.The default value is wdSortOrderAscending. |
SortColumn2 |
Optional |
Variant |
True to sort only the column specified by the Selection object. |
Separator |
Optional |
Variant |
The type of field separator. |
FieldNumber3 |
Optional |
Variant |
The third field by which to sort. |
SortFieldType3 |
Optional |
Variant |
The sort type for FieldNumber3. Can be one of the WdSortFieldType constants. The default value is wdSortFieldAlphanumeric. Some of the WdSortFieldType constants may not be available to you, depending on the language support (U.S. English, for example) that you have selected or installed. |
SortOrder3 |
Optional |
Variant |
The sorting order to use when sorting FieldNumber3. Can be one WdSortOrder constant.The default value is wdSortOrderAscending. |
CaseSensitive |
Optional |
Variant |
True to sort with case sensitivity. The default value is False. |
BidiSort |
Optional |
Variant |
True to sort based on right-to-left language rules. This argument may not be available to you, depending on the language support (U.S. English, for example) that you’ve selected or installed. |
IgnoreThe |
Optional |
Variant |
True to ignore the Arabic character alef lam when sorting right-to-left language text. This argument may not be available to you, depending on the language support (U.S. English, for example) that you’ve selected or installed. |
IgnoreKashida |
Optional |
Variant |
True to ignore kashidas when sorting right-to-left language text. This argument may not be available to you, depending on the language support (U.S. English, for example) that you’ve selected or installed. |
IgnoreDiacritics |
Optional |
Variant |
True to ignore bidirectional control characters when sorting right-to-left language text. This argument may not be available to you, depending on the language support (U.S. English, for example) that you’ve selected or installed. |
IgnoreHe |
Optional |
Variant |
True to ignore the Hebrew character he when sorting right-to-left language text. This argument may not be available to you, depending on the language support (U.S. English, for example) that you’ve selected or installed. |
LanguageID |
Optional |
Variant |
Specifies the sorting language. Can be one of the WdLanguageID constants. |
SubFieldNumber |
Optional |
Variant |
A secondary field number by which to sort. |
SubFieldNumber2 |
Optional |
Variant |
A secondary field number by which to sort. |
SubFieldNumber3 |
Optional |
Variant |
A secondary field number by which to sort. |
Example
This example inserts three lines of text into a new document and then sorts the lines in ascending alphanumeric order
Sub NewParagraphSort()
Dim newDoc As Document
Set newDoc = Documents.Add
newDoc.Content.InsertAfter "pear" & Chr(13) _
& "zucchini" & Chr(13) & "apple" & Chr(13)
newDoc.Content.Sort SortOrder:=wdSortOrderAscending
End Sub