Sort - Using A Hard Space Instead Of A Regul

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Revision Date: 29-Feb-96 1:32:32 PM

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WordPerfect® 5.1 for DOS

Problem

Symptoms: When the user inserts a hard space (Home, Space Bar) between names such as Smith Jr. before sorting, not only does the name appear at the bottom of a list of Smiths, but the hard space sorts after punctuation and numbers. Solutions: This feature is working correctly. A hard space is an actual character, like any other letter of the alphabet. A regular space is a word separator. Therefore, Smith with a hard space after it is a longer word than Smith with a regular space after it. In sorting the longer words come after the shorter words. Using a hard space is not recommended for sorting as much as it is for merging. The customer needs Smith Jr. to have a hard space in it so Merge will treat it as one word. However, the customer should use regular spaces for sorting purposes.

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