Howdy Bill!!
 BW> Using WordPerfect DOS 6.1, I just did it.  I replaced the hyphens
 BW> with spaces, then sorted on three keys, as third word, second word,
 BW> first word.  Field was left at 1.  It worked fine.
Hmmm, I wonder if maybe having th ekeys in the reverse order changes
anything?  Sounds like you have what I did with that exception (I used key 1
for word 1, key 2 for word 2 etc).
I'll have to try that.  The "field was left at 1" portion of your reply
means that if my date column is the third from the left (and then again the
5th and 9th), I would simply identify the correct column as a field right?
Take Care & God Bless!!
Gary
... Faith expects from God what is beyond all expectation.
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