Tip #2125 - Second Sort Criteria in MS Outlook
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Second
Sort Criteria in
MS Outlook
Most of us know how
to sort e-mail messages in Outlook by clicking on the column heading of
the field to use as the sort criteria (see today's Quick Tip above).
An up arrow is sorting
messages in ascending order and a down arrow sorts in descending order
based on the data in the column you chose.
But did you ever find yourself
wishing for a way to sort by two criteria instead of one?
Maybe you receive
a lot of messages from the same person and you want your messages sorted
not only by who sent it, but also by when it was received, so you can
quickly find the newest message. If you've tried to do this before, you've
probably clicked on the From column heading then clicked on the Received
column heading, only to be disappointed that it doesn't allow for a two
column sort…or does it?
Actually, Outlook
will allow for a multiple column sort if you know about the magic key.
(OK - so it's not magic but when you get one of these programs to easily
cooperate, it sometimes feels that way).
Anyway, what you're looking
for here is the Shift key.
To do a multiple column
sort of your messages in Outlook, click first on the column heading
of the primary sort criteria. (Double-click if you need to switch
between ascending and descending).
Now, hold
down the Shift key and click on the column heading of your secondary sort
criteria. (Clicking multiple times will switch the sort order
back and forth).
Voila! You can sort
a little bit of this and a little bit of that
in MS Outlook with just a little help from the Shift key!
~ April
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