Sort order in Paragraph Catalog inconsistent / incorrect


b problem description:
sort order of paragraph styles inconsistent/incorrect when compared standard alphabetical sort. paragraph catalog, or when select f9, styles starting "1a_" sort before styles starting "1_". if table style names sorted, "1_" comes before "1a_".

this sort order worked correctly in fm7.2. in fm8.x, started sorting incorrectly. our template designed based on standard sort order characters, somehow changed starting in fm8.x.

b steps reproduce:
generated list of para styles in our template, converted table, sorted, , compared paragraph catalog.

b actual result:

1a_heading1_notoc
b out of order

1k_title_kit
b out of order

1_heading1
1_heading1toc
2a_heading2_notoc
b out of order

2_heading2
2_heading2toc
3_heading3
4_heading4
5_heading_runin
6_heading_subtopic
7a_heading_sgd_command
b out of order

7a_heading_sgd_commandtoc
b out of order

7b_heading_zbi_commandtoc
b out of order

7b_sgd_cmnd_hdg_narrowtoc
b out of order

7_heading_zpl_command
7_heading_zpl_commandlop
7_heading_zpl_commandtoc
8_zpl_function
8_zpl_functiontoc

b expected result:
styles should sort (and used to) follows:
1_heading1
1_heading1toc
1a_heading1_notoc
1k_title_kit
2_heading2
2_heading2toc
2a_heading2_notoc
3_heading3
4_heading4
5_heading_runin
6_heading_subtopic
7_heading_zpl_command
7_heading_zpl_commandlop
7_heading_zpl_commandtoc
7a_heading_sgd_command
7a_heading_sgd_commandtoc
7b_heading_zbi_commandtoc
7b_sgd_cmnd_hdg_narrowtoc
8_zpl_function
8_zpl_functiontoc

i have same problem. i've lost track of number of times i've assigned wrong paragraph style since switching fm8. styles no longer in same order, level 1 heading no longer first tag comes when press f9. have dig through other tags start number 1 in our catalog.

our paragraph tags developed years ago, , wasn't until fm8 there problem sort order. characters no longer sort same windows sorts. underscore supposed come before letters , numbers. adobe, please fix annoying bug!!!

donna jones
mikado, michigan


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