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nindotza · 12-09-2020, 09:41 AM

How do I select sorts for the following:

A full name, not by the last name but a sort that begins at the first letters in the first name. As if the name is just a string of text

A full title, do not use sort names that shift "A" "The" (other?) to the end. I want all the A... and The.. to be together.

I need these because I am doing a lot of comparisons to text lists of books that I can only easily sort by the name or title. And it is a pain that Calibre sorts in a fashion that is not conducive. Perhaps it is helpful in other situations. I have looked over the options for sorting and I cannot choose to treat the author and title fields as a string of text. The choices are very rigid for the choices of columns on the listing of books.

Suggestions please.

12-09-2020, 09:41 AM	#1
nindotza Member Posts: 20 Karma: 10 Join Date: Mar 2020 Device: Moon+ Reader	Sorting by FIRST name and FULL title How do I select sorts for the following: A full name, not by the last name but a sort that begins at the first letters in the first name. As if the name is just a string of text A full title, do not use sort names that shift "A" "The" (other?) to the end. I want all the A... and The.. to be together. I need these because I am doing a lot of comparisons to text lists of books that I can only easily sort by the name or title. And it is a pain that Calibre sorts in a fashion that is not conducive. Perhaps it is helpful in other situations. I have looked over the options for sorting and I cannot choose to treat the author and title fields as a string of text. The choices are very rigid for the choices of columns on the listing of books. Suggestions please.