Microsoft KB Archive/224045

= WD2000: Err Msg: "The current selection does not contain a valid table or list" =

Article ID: 224045

Article Last Modified on 12/2/2005

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Word 2000 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q224045



ERROR MESSAGE
When you try to sort a list, the following error message may appear:

The current selection does not contain a valid table or list.

NOTE: Microsoft Office 2000 has built-in functionality that allows you to get more information about difficult-to-troubleshoot alerts or error messages. If you want to enable this functionality for this and other error messages in Microsoft Office 2000, please download the Microsoft Office 2000 Customizable Alerts file from the Microsoft Office Update Web site at the following address:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=8FBEE1D3-C5BB-4A36-A2F7-DC63DE2A818C

NOTE: If you reached this article by clicking the Web Info button in an error message, you already have Customizable Alerts enabled.



Sort Ascending and Sort Descending on the Tables and Borders toolbar will not sort a normal text list.
To use the Sort Ascending button or Sort Descending button (on the Tables and Borders toolbar), your list must be contained either in a table column with a column heading or in a text list with a column heading, as in the following example:

Fruits

Pears

Apples

Bananas

As an alternative, you can use the Sort Text dialog box (on the Table menu, click Sort).

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