Apache OpenOffice (AOO) Bugzilla – Issue 114115
Alphabetical index: controlling sorting
Last modified: 2017-06-26 09:36:10 UTC
Index entries always appear in alphabetical order. However, occasionally you may not want your index entry to appear where it would normally be alphabetized. For instance, the famous "5ft Avenue" would ordinarily be placed at the beginning of the index, before the "A"s. MsWord and LaTeX have this option. http://taxonomist.tripod.com/indexing/wordproblems.html#override http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/LaTeX/Indexing#Controlling_Sorting e.g.(MsWord) XE "5ft Avenue;Fifth Avenue" XE "entry;resorted entry" The use of flags ";" (MsWord) or "@$\vec{}$" (LaTeX) is very convenient, because it can be used with ease in a concordance file. I suggest a similar solution. Kind regards D.L.
#Additional comment# Option sorting is also useful for another reason. The default sort order (alphabetisation) in a alphabetical index is word-by-word. Occasionally, we want letter-by-letter sorting, as shown here; http://www.anindexer.com/about/alph/alphindex.html On MsWord can use the option to sort order. To force letter-by-letter alphabetisation, if a entry (or subentry) contains a space, insert a semicolon the end of the text for a entry, and follow it by the text with all the spaces omitted. For example:{ XE "data records;datarecords" }. Capitalisation affects the sort order, as does white space. - Word-by-word - soul soul brother soul food soul kiss soul mate soul music soul sister soulard crab souletin soulful soullessness XE "soullessness" XE "soul brother" XE "soul food" XE "soul kiss" XE "soul mate" XE "soul" XE "soul sister" XE "soulard crab" XE "souletin" XE "soulful" XE "soul music" - Letter-by-letter - soul soulard crab soul brother souletin soul food soulful soul kiss soullessness soul mate soul music soul sister XE "soullessness;soullessness" XE "soul brother;soulbrother" XE "soul food;soulfood" XE "soul kiss;soulkiss" XE "soul mate;soulmate" XE "soul;soul" XE "soul sister;soulsister" XE "soulard crab;soulardcrab" XE "souletin;souletin" XE "soulful;soulful" XE "soul music;soulmusic" Very useful must-have option! Kind regards D.L.
You may have used the option of phonetic reading, but extended to all languages and all the characters of an index entry. Conceptually, options are very similar. The UI would need it a little retouching (just a new option to choose whether to use the phonetic reading or sorting the index entry). http://openoffice.blogs.com/photos/uncategorized/indexentry.jpg However, I would like to use this feature also on the concordance file. e.g. Search term;Alternative entry|Sorting alternative entry;1st key|Sorting 1st key;2nd key|Sorting 2nd key;Comment;Match case;Word only Xavier
This is an important feature for compatibility with MSWord. Please, see issue 114804 Thanks for your attention
The correct syntax (LaTeX) is \index{Fifth Avenue\@5ft Avenue} However, I would love to have this option.
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Indispensable for proper alphabetization. For instance, *y-hydroxybutyric acid* under L instead of y or *"Nouvelle Vague" movement* and *"Wrack Fishers"* under N and W instead of " or *21st century* under T instead of 2.
Created attachment 86151 [details] Non-alphabetical index entries (example) The 1st level keywords (e.g. "Southey, Robert") are in alphabetical order. However, the second level keywords are in non-alphabetical order.
Like to second this request. Have attached a snapshot of section from a book index to illustrate non-alphabetical entries. There needs to be a way for the user to re-order entries as desired.