Unlike the
Sort
Datafile... routines, which modify the order of records
in a datafile,
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 after the text.
Blank
lines will sort to the beginning of the text.
This is a simple ascending alphabetical sort.
For example, starting with a record containing unsorted lines of
text:
Select
Sort Current FTA By Line
under the
Edit menu (or
type
command-option-control-L)
to sort in ascending alphabetical order: