If necessary, use the Configure Columns dialog box to show, hide, or add columns in the displayed view.
In the column on which you want to sort the displayed data, do one or more of the following:
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Click a column header to sort all the displayed data according to the data in that column.
A triangle appears in the header, indicating the primary sort.
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Click the column header again to reverse the sort (ascending versus descending).
The triangle flips to indicate the opposite primary sort direction. Other sort options, described below, are maintained.
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Press Shift and then click a column header of a column other than the one used to set the primary sort order, to provide a secondary sort.
A triangle, smaller that the one that indicates the primary sort, appears indicating the secondary sort. Similarly, a yet smaller triangle indicates a tertiary sort.
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Press Shift and then click a column header of the column that has the secondary sort again to reverse that secondary sort (ascending versus descending).
The smaller triangle flips to indicate the opposite sort direction. Other sort options are maintained.
The triangles look like this:
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Right-click a column header that is currently used for the primary or secondary sort, and then select the Sorted From End check box to sort starting at the end of the words rather than from the beginning.
The justification of the content in that column reverses to indicate that the data is now sorted from the end. (This feature can be very useful, for example, to help expose occurrences of suffixes.)
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Right-click a column header that is currently used for the primary or secondary sort, and then, if permitted by the column, select Sorted By Length. If desired, you can then click the column header to reverse the sort (ascending versus descending) as described above.
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Right-click the column heading, and then clear the Sorted From End and Sorted By Length check box to sort alphabetically from the beginning of the words.
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