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    Question Is there anyway to sort a list of names alphabetically, based on the first letter?

    What the title says, basically. I want there to be a list of names at the side of the Kenosha Map I'm working on, sorted alphabetically, like this:
    Branson Road
    City Centre
    Foreview Park
    Hillside
    Millhouse View
    etc.
    Is there any program to sort a list of names alphabetically based on the first letter of each name? It'd save a lot of time.

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    If you have spreadsheet software (I.e. word perfect/quatropro) you should be able to plug the names in and then sort them in an ascending order.
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    Word processor software - LibreOffice (free), MS Office, etc.
    Put the names in a table and use the sort function.

    Or as Greason Wolfe suggests, use a spread sheet if that's easier.
    Last edited by bkh1914; 01-08-2020 at 09:25 AM.

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    If you have the names in a text file and your on windows you open up the command prompt and then type:

    One name per line

    Code:
    sort names.txt > inorder.txt
    and then open the inorder.txt file.

    a and and command file have If in names on open prompt text the the then type up windows you you your:

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    yeah, a spreadsheet computer programme should be fine

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