List Views

A list view window can be modified in the following ways:

  • Sort by any column in ascending or descending order.

  • Change the width of columns.

  • Change the order in which columns appear.

To sort a window's contents

Click the column heading for the column by which you want to sort (Figure 20). The list is sorted by that column (Figure 21).

Figure 20. Point to the heading for the column by which you want to sort.

Figure 21. The list view is sorted by the column you clicked.

Tip

You can always identify the column by which a list is sorted because ...

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