Sometimes a character must be sorted as if it were a character string. For
example, the German character ß is sorted as if it were ss.
Another example is ö, which is sorted as if it were oe.
These characters are called expanding characters. (In a monolingual
linguistic sort, expanding characters are called special letters.)
The Expanding Rules table contains the following information:
The following table shows an entry from the Expanding Rules table for the TCHINESE_RADICAL_M sort:
| Unicode Value | Glyph | Expanded Value | Expanded Glyph |
| \u0153 | | \u006f\u0065 | o e |
This character is used in Scandinavian languages.
You can search for an existing expanding character:
If you entered the Unicode value (UTF-16) or glyph of the expanding character, the row will appear in the stationary dialog box. If you entered an expanded value or glyph, then its first occurrence in the table will be highlighted. The row will not appear in the stationary dialog box unless the entry is unique.
You can add an expanding character:
You can modify existing information:
You can delete a row:
To save information that you have changed or added, see Defining a New Multilingual Linguistic Sort.