Using Foreign Language Rules for Sorting
Different languages have different rules for sorting the items in a list. For example
In French, diacritics such as ê are sorted right to left, not left to right as in English.
In Norwegian and Swedish, characters with diacritic marks (such as Ä) follow Z at the end of the alphabet.
In Spanish, CH is a separate letter of the alphabet between C and D; ñ is a separate letter of the alphabet between N and O.
When you install Word, default alphabetic sorting is set based on your Regional Settings in Windows. However, you can specify a different sorting language for any list, as follows.
First, select the paragraphs or table rows to be sorted, and choose Table, Sort. Click Options; the Sort Options dialog box ...
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