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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Attached is the DR log entry with my proposed note included for review.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The other attachments are examples Murata-san produced when researching this topic. I have chosen to write a simple note *<b>without</b>* including any of his specific examples.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Rex<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> eb2mmrt@gmail.com <eb2mmrt@gmail.com> <b>On Behalf Of </b>MURATA Makoto<br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, June 6, 2018 10:03 PM<br><b>To:</b> Rex Jaeschke <Rex@rexjaeschke.com><br><b>Subject:</b> Examples for kana-based sorting<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>Rex,<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>I created four SML documents. They share the same sharedStrings.xml. These SML documents were created by modifying the value of the sortMethod attribute. <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>The sharedStrings.xml shows some combinations of kana <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>and CJK ideographic characters.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>1) <span style='font-family:"MS Gothic"'>正直</span> without Kana<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>2) <span style='font-family:"MS Gothic"'>正直</span> with <span style='font-family:"MS Gothic"'>ショウジキ</span> as Kana<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>3) <span style='font-family:"MS Gothic"'>正直</span> with <span style='font-family:"MS Gothic"'>マサナオ</span> as Kana<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>4) <span style='font-family:"MS Gothic"'>政直</span> with <span style='font-family:"MS Gothic"'>マサナオ</span> as Kana<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>5) <span style='font-family:"MS Gothic"'>政直</span> without Kana<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>I also added two cells containing <span style='font-family:"MS Gothic"'>す</span> and <span style='font-family:"MS Gothic"'>み</span>, respectively.<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>The four values exhibit different behaviors. Both sortMethod="none" and the absence of this attribute provides Kana based sorting. In other words, if Kana is present, the CJK ideographic characters are ignored. Meanwhile, sortMethod="pinYin" and sortMethod="stroke" appear to ignore Kana.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>It appears that sortMethod="pinYin" is converted to <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>sortMethod="stroke", when Excel saves the document.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Regards,<br>Makoto<o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div></div></body></html>