sorting lists

[Deirdre Reagan]

Hi all!

I'm running Framemaker 8.0 on an XP PC.

In our document, we have an illustration of an assembly, then a list
of the parts that make up that assembly.  If we have three
illustrations, then we have three parts lists.

We also want a master list of all the parts lists.  Currently, we take
the three parts lists, transfer them to Excel, combine them and sort
them in Excel, then bring them back to Framemaker.

Is there some way to do this work in Framemaker?

Thanks!

Deirdre