Still Having A Book Sorting Problem

[MackieRocks]

I am still not able to sort my songbook by Artist and then Song after I create the book. I have gotten some good leads to follow but none have panned out. I'm using Word 2000 and am really frustrated. Any ideas???

[lmcmains]

Are you using the prepare song book command or are trying to change them to another format? When you create the song book you have a choice of sorting it by Artist or by title. You can do it with Artist or title and save the file and then print them or view them.

[MackieRocks]

I create the songbook by Artist then view it in Word. Once I am viewing it, the Artists come up in random order so I try to have Word sort the book by Artist. I have done this in the past with Hoster 3.120 and it worked fine.

[dtbice]

Crazy Question.....but are you selecting the whole songbook before you sort??

[lmcmains]

Just make a book by artist with Hoster.

[MackieRocks]

Yes. After several hours of investigating, I found the problem. When the book is created by Artist in Word, each line in the document ends with a carrage return and that shouldn't be. There should be a Shift-Enter tag at the end of each of the Artist's names and subsequent Shift-Enter tags at the end of each indented song with the exception of the very last song. That should be a carrage return. I tested this theory and it works. How I found this out was I compared the songbook I created in V3.120 and the book I created in V3.310 and found the difference. So ADMIN, please comment and I would appreciate anyone to try creating a songbook by Artist firstname first in Word and try sorting (in Word).

[MackieRocks]

Maybe I'm not understanding something. I import the new songs. I create the new book in Hoster. I select Word as my viewer. That's when my problem comes along. Am I doing something wrong??? I've never had this problem before.