I need to sort long lists of words, many of which begin with unusual or special characters. When I sort them automatically, LibreOffice puts them in an order which is a bit different from the one I need. Is there any way to tweak the default alphabetical order to my specifications?
Thanks
Tell some examples or - better - upload a sample file.
Probably you could use FIND&REPLACE in a table, first column original words, second column copy of words and then…
select second column
SEARCH ALL (SELECTION)
RegEx
^[^[:alpha:]]+
REPLACE ALL
(nothing)
… and sort using second column…
How is this related to Writer?
The only case (to my knowledge) where Writer sorts data is to build an Alphabetical Index. And in this case, there is a nasty little trick to change sorting order.
If you intend to use Writer as a general purpose sort program (for any work other than writing a book), this is the wrong tool. So edit your question to better describe your goal as suggested by @Grantler.