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You

are

going

to

rearrange

the

data

in

alphabetical

order

by

last

name

(column

A).

It

is

important

that

you

mark

all

the

columns

so

that

all

data

moves

toaether

with

the

names.

4.

Move

the

cursor

to

E10

to

mark

the

range

Al

..E10

and

press

RETURN.

The

word

processor

asks

you

to

enter

the

name

of

the

column

that

the

column

will

be

sorted

by

(primary

key).

This

message

also

appears:

Enter

column

of

primary

sort

key

and

press

RETURN.

This

system

allows

for

double

sorting

—primary

and

secondary.

You

want

the

data

to

be

sorted

according

to

the

last

name

(column

A).

This

is

the

"primary

key,"

which

must

always

be

in

the

marked

range.

5.

Type

A

and

press

RETURN.

The

word

processor

asks

you

to

enter

the

name

of

the

column

that

will

be

used

for

secondary

or

internal

sorting,

sO

r

y:.;

This

message

also

appears:

Enter

column

of

secondary

sort

key

and

press

RETURN.

If

two

or

more

persons

have

the

same

last

name,

you

need

secondary

sorting

to

maintain

proper

organization.

Use

the

first

name

(column

B)

for

secondary

sorting.

NOTE:

When

you

do

not

want

a

secondary

sort

to

take

place,

press

RETURN

without

entering

anything.

6.

Type

B

and

press

RETURN.

This

menu

appears:

MENEI:

.

:4

1

[SCENtliNG:

DESCENDING

If

you

select

ASCENDING,

data

will

be

arranged

in

alphabetical

order.

DESCENDING

puts

data

in

the

order

Z.

-A.

7.

Select

ASCENDING

and

press

RETURN.

The

last

menu

appears.

,

ALK-AWit6.

NUMERIC

8.

Since

the

data

is

alphanumeric,

select

ALPHABETIC

and

press

RETURN.

Your

data

is

arranged

alphabetically.

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