Yes, I see the reasoning now. Changed my "vote", go with A and The. And remind me not to respond unless it's a factual issue that I happen to specifically, personally, know about. And to spend more free time proofing my volunteer books rather than on this list, grin. Liz in Portland -----Original Message----- From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Judy s. Sent: Monday, August 31, 2009 7:23 AM To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: books-being-scanned list updated 8/30/09 Cindy, leave "A" and "The" as the first words in the titles. It's "bad" librarian cataloging, but it's better to do it exactly as the title appears for a whole slew of reasons regarding how Word and other programs do searches, and how people search for titles in this list. Judy s. Mayrie ReNae wrote: > HI Cindy, > > Just let those be the first word. I think that's what Word wants to > do, and it will save you a ton of work not to have to change what Word does. > > Mayrie > > > Question. When I add entries, shall I include "A" and "The" when I > insert them into the list alphabetically or skip those and go to the > next word? The list seems to be alphabetized with those words being > the firs word of the title, though not in every case. > > Cindy To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line. To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line.