[header] How to alphabetize in microsoft word [title] Open the file that you want to sort. [step] You can also copy and paste the list of words that you want to sort into a document. In order to alphabetize the words, they need to be formatted as a list, with each entry on its own line. 
[title] Select the text that you want to sort. [step] If your list is the only part of your document, you don't need to highlight anything.