Unlike the
Sort Datafile... routines, which modify the order of records in a datafile,
Reverse Sort Current FTA By Line sorts the contents of the Freeform Text Area of the current record by line.
NOTE: Embedded non-text
items, such as images and sound files, will sort ahead of the text.
Blank lines will sort at the end of the text.
This is a simple descending alphabetical sort.
For example, starting with a record containing unsorted lines of text:
Select
Reverse Sort Current FTA By Line under the
Edit menu (or type
command-option-shift-L) to sort in descending (reverse) alphabetical order: