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In Word, how do I readily sort a string of numbers separated by commas?

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My string of numbers is 32, 29, 10, 30, 40, 39, 48, 12, 42, 41, 38, 18. How can I sort this from smallest to largest most readily?

I clicked OK as pictured below, but nothing happened. Then I picked Headings, whilst keeping all the other settings, but again nothing happened. Then I picked Field 1, while keeping all the other settings, but again nothing happened. Why?

I am not asking about unproductive methods like brute force. 'Sort Text' worked when I hit "Enter", and started each number on a new line. But this gruntwork is impractical, if the string contains many numbers.

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Wicket‭ wrote over 1 year ago · edited over 1 year ago

Needs more details. Besides showing the snapshot, briefly describe your understanding of the feature, how it was called, and the options are chosen; specify what version of Word (edition and platform) you are using. The snapshot shows "paragraphs", but the selection is not a set of paragraphs.