Sorting Endnode

[Shawn]

In my document, I have a large number of Endnote(40s). I uses Endnotes as a reference for my document, and all the Endnotes start with a name of corresponding author. To make sure, there is no duplication, I need to sort all the end notes and check if there is any duplicated reference or not. Normally there is a sort command (Table/sort), but when I highlight the Endnotes as a block, the sort command gets inactive
I am wondering how to get around this problem, please let me know if you have any solution in your mind

 

[Dayo Mitchell]

Hi Shawn,

By *all* standards of writing and publishing, that is *not* how endnotes
work. Duplication is inherent. If you have the same author in note 5 and
note 16, you leave it like that, because you used information from the
author more than once.

You would avoid duplication, if you must, by creating a cross-reference to
the first time the author was used, as you asked about earlier.

Endnotes aren't quite regular text, so Table | Sort is just one of the many
things you can't do to them, and if it were, it would probably sort by the
number. 40 isn't that many to check by eye.

DM

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

And if what you want is an alphabetical reference list, then you should
create this as an ordinary numbered list and use cross-references to the
numbered items instead of endnotes.

 

[Shawn]

I understand what you mentioned, and I know it is right, but I have to do it because I was asked. My supervision told me many times to use LATEXT editor, and I always believes MS. Word is more convenience. So I have to do it or use LATEXT to do it. Meanwhile, I have also done it before and now I forgotten how. I have read about it in Microsoft Office XP (Shelly and Cashman Series). Maybe because I am using office 2000, I cannot use the option.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

If you unlink the endnotes (Ctrl+Shift+F9), you can sort them, but then I
suspect the references would be incorrect.

I understand what you mentioned, and I know it is right, but I have to do

it because I was asked. My supervision told me many times to use LATEXT
editor, and I always believes MS. Word is more convenience. So I have to do
it or use LATEXT to do it. Meanwhile, I have also done it before and now I
forgotten how. I have read about it in Microsoft Office XP (Shelly and
Cashman Series). Maybe because I am using office 2000, I cannot use the
option.