Lance wrote: > > Bob, you can quickly change the order of sorting by clicking in the > column headings - NAME, SIZE, TYPE, DATE MODIFIED. The sorting is > indicated by a small arrowhead in whichever column the main sorting is > being done on. If it is pointing up in the NAME column, the sorting will > be in A-Z fashion with numbered folders first depending on any you have. > If is pointing down, the sorting is reversed. Any of the other columns > can be used for sorting in this fashion too. You can quickly change this > sorting order at any time to suit your needs. > Thanks Lance, that explains how I probably rearranged the sort, by clicking on Name. I had corrected the sort by going to the Views icon, and clicking on Sort by Name again. I have no arrow in WORD 2000 but clicking works as you say. dolphin213 wrote: > > Bob, > > Right click in My Documents on an open space. You will see 'Arrange Icons > By'. You'll be able to sort them in several different ways from there. > I do not understand how the above applies to WORD 2000. If I File - Open and right click on My Documents in the Look In window I get "What's This" and there is no help for it. Arrange Icons is in the Views icon. and "Alfred d. Eller" wrote: > > Click on the right icon in the list toolbar to show or choose details, > grab the corner of the window with the mouse pointer and drag it to > enlarg the window. Do the same with the heading boundries until you > can see the 'date modified' column, click on that heading to order > them in reverse. > The right Icon is Tools and does not show details. The Views icon does have Details which is what I have selected to show details. Why would I have to enlarge the window? > Click on any heading to sort by that column, click again to reverse > the sort of that column.> Yes that works. bob gillis

----- Original Message ----- From: "bob gillis" <rpgillis@bellatlantic.net> To: <GEN-COMP-TIPS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, July 18, 2004 8:05 AM Subject: Re: [Gen-Comp-Tips] WORD 2000 Sorting of Folders > Lance wrote: =====SNIP======= > and "Alfred d. Eller" wrote: > > > > Click on the right icon in the list toolbar to show or choose details, > > grab the corner of the window with the mouse pointer and drag it to > > enlarg the window. Do the same with the heading boundries until you > > can see the 'date modified' column, click on that heading to order > > them in reverse. > > > The right Icon is Tools and does not show details. The Views icon does > have Details which is what I have selected to show details. Why would I > have to enlarge the window? > > > > Click on any heading to sort by that column, click again to reverse > > the sort of that column.> > > Yes that works. > > bob gillis > ================================= Tools is not an icon, it is a word, and Word's Open window is slightly different than some others. The rightmost icon in my Open window in word 2000 on Win 98 machine is the "Views" icon, at least that's what the popup tool tip says. The down arrow at it's right lets you choose the details view, clicking on it cicles you through the available options. You sometimes have to enlarge the window or change the column widths so that you can see the rightmost ones. Alfred Eller RootsMagic-Users-Admin@RootsWeb.com ======================== ==============

Bob, I think you misunderstood what I wrote. dolphin213 wrote: > > > > Bob, > > > > Right click in My Documents on an open space. You will see 'Arrange Icons > > By'. You'll be able to sort them in several different ways from there. > > > >I do not understand how the above applies to WORD 2000. If I File - >Open and right click on My Documents in the Look In window I get "What's >This" and there is no help for it. Arrange Icons is in the Views icon. Your original post was about sorting your Icons within the My Documents folder. <quote> In the past few days when I File - Open - My documents the list of folders is in descending order and the list of files is also in descending order x**** first and 1800*** last. I have not done anything that I know to cause this reversal of order. I cannot find anything in the tool bar of help about changing the sort order. How can I set the sort back to ascending?<unquote> To this I responded with an easy method of arranging the icons in any way you wanted within the My Documents folder. It would not apply to within WORD. In which case you would indeed get the "What's This" response. The method I wrote about has been a Windows feature since Win95 and I'm sure that it applies to all versions (since it is also in XP). The 'key' word about the above is WITHIN. The other methods offered by Lance and Alfred will work equally as well. Chose which ever method works best for you. Art