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Is there a way to do Drag and Drap sorting of emails in Outlook?
I'd like to be able to manually sort emails in a particular Outlook folder instead of having it auto-sort by some particular column.
Basically, for emails that I need to do some sort of follow up, I ...
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How can I sort a long list of text alphabetically?
How do I sort rows of text alphabetically without using specialized third party software or plugins (like Notepad++/Word/Excel/et al)?
I suppose what I'm perhaps asking is -- How do I sort rows of ...
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How to manually sort files in win explorer?
I want to manually sort (drag and drop) my files in a certain (not in all) folders (win xp sp3).
Is there any fix to do it ?
If no - is there another file explorer with the feature.
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sort numbers in excel10
this is a sample of my movie list as you can see 61 is at the top and 8mm at the bottom
please explain how i can have 1 at the top and 3000 at bottom
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.45 2006 dvd
10 1979 dvd
10 items or less 2006 ...
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My excel spreadsheet won't sort/alphabetize properly
I have a spreadsheet with multiple columns and over 4000 rows. I need to sort, then alphabetize my report and everytime I do, there are 43 rows that do not sort with the rest of the report; they go ...
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When your field-terminating char appears within field values
I've had a very colorful morning learning the innerparts of Linux's sort command, and have come across yet another issue that I can't seem to find an answer for in the documentation.
I'm currently ...
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Sort by bar dissapeared in Windows 7 folder explorer when viewing icons
Under Windows 7 sorting by thumbnail icon files takes longer, or a different path of clicks.
I have to switch viewing files in details mode (select from the sorting bar) and then sort by date ...
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Pull up Excel's Sort Dialog
I have to sort a protected sheet and need to perform the unprotect-sort-protect dance.
The problem is this way I'm duplicating (less than perfectly) Excel's own sorting functionality, with the ...
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Recomposing data structure
I've a worksheet of 35k rows of the kind in the first table below that I want to reshape as in the lower table.
So, I want to reshape this data in a way to get all the people within a specific ...
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Remember icon size, sort order, and sort options per-folder on Windows 7
Sometimes when I change the icon size in one folder, all other folders are changed, too. Sometimes they are unchanged:
Sometimes when I change the sort order, all other folders change too, ...
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Tagging or defining automatically in an Excel or Libre office spreadsheet?
I want to review and sort my expenditures in a spreadsheet where I have all my transactions listed. Is there a way to automatically label or tag to categorize the transactions like in a budget ...
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How to setup DLNA sorting
What is the best way using a windows server (as the source) to provide an easy to access listing of available videos for use by DLNA enabled television sets (specifically Samsung)?
I've created ...
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Office 2007: How to sort an Excel Table from within a Word macro
I have written a Macro in WinWord2007 which lists styles and their properties in an Excel table. The table is made accessible by the following 3 lines:
Dim Oxl_Sheet As Object
Set Oxl_Sheet = ...
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Make Excel Row Height Stay when Sorted
I have an Excel 2007 spreadsheet and need to make some rows bigger than others so there is vertical space for a signature.
These cells are colored differently, but the height doesn't stick with the ...
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Automatic sort for excel worksheet
I want to create a to-do list in Excel that automatically sorts the to-do entries in a list, in order of ones to do first (closest deadlines). I would also like a section that shows the tasks for ...
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batch-rename filenames with numbers to sort alphabetically
I want to batch-rename files containing numbers, padding the numbers with zeroes.
The goal is to sort numbered sets of files alphabetically in the correct order in any application.
In a set of files ...
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How do I re-sort a list of files grouped by directory?
From within a DOS batch file, how can I crudely re-sort a text file containing a manually maintained list of source files, so those files listed (from the same directory) in the small example extract ...
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How Windows arranges files by date
In Windows 7 if I have files arranged by date on the desktop with newest being last, then files are automatically places at the end (i.e. right bottom) as I update them.
The exception seems to be ...
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Other language Sorting(like hindi, not english) for Excel sheet column
How can I sort excel sheet column for other languages like hindi(not english)?
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How do I add the “Date Created” sort-by option to the shell in Windows 7?
I know how to add it via the context menu, but it never seems to be a permanent option. I would like it to show in all folders without having to continually go back through and add it.
How can I ...
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How do I sort in Excel 2007 but do not go to the top of the list?
How do I sort in Excel 2007 but do not go to the top of the list? I have a filtered set of data many rows long. However, when I am deep in the list, and select to change the sort by method on one of ...
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Does any OS/app/library support Roman numerals in natural numeric sort?
In modern operating systems, a list of files named 1.jpg through 10.jpg is sorted with 10.jpg appearing after 9.jpg, as it should. But I don't know of any natural sort implementation that accounts for ...
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Sort doesn't work properly for cells with references to other cells
I have two tables in Excel 2010, the second table has the last column filled with cells that reference the last column cells from the first table:
For instance, the value of the first cell in the ...
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Sorting XML files so that differences can then be found
I need to compare two XML files, each of which is about 13,000 lines long.
Sadly the code that generates these files doesn't generate the data in the same order each time (the data comes from a ...
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Windows 7 Recycle Bin sort by Date Modified
In the Recycle Bin, I sorted by 'Date Modified', but the result is not in the proper order. It was neither ascending nor descending.
Other sorts (by Date deleted, size, item type) all work well.
Does ...
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Is there a way to keep the selection in Windows 2008 Explorer when changing the sort order
I nice feature of Windows Explorer up to Windows Server 2003 at least (I don't have easy access to Vista or Windows 7 to know when this was lost) was that you could select multiple files (or folders) ...
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make “sort by” permanent for specific folder
I have a folder where I store all my web icons in .png and .ico format. I set view to large icons and sort by to date modified -> descending.
When I save new icons in this folder from web, I drag ...
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Command-line sort and copy text files to one single file renders an error
I stumbled on question 217394 which explains how to copy files sorted alphabetically into one single file. Trying to implement the command myself rendered the following error message:
The system ...
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Sorting mail in Thunderbird by both unread status and by date
Is there any way to make Thunderbird sort mail so that unread mail is always at the top and the e-mails are sorted by date in descending order persistently? Maybe an add-on that someone can recommend?
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Path Finder: How to sort files by date, but folders by name?
This is possible in Total Commander.
How can I make such separate sorting in Path Finder as well?
I like to sort files by date, but I don't see any point in sorting folders this way - they just jump ...
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Sorting in Pivot Table on how data is summarized, not just the value
Often I am creating pivot tables that summarize some count by some category. Let's say I am counting Yes/No responses by some category. I usually add the count field and display it as a "% of row", ...
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Is there a dynamic sorting feature in Excel 2007/2010?
I have a task list spreadsheet that I maintain. Each task is given a ranking based on number of days until due date, weighted by high, low, or medium priority. The ranking is automatically calculated, ...
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Presorting Email into separate pst files to keep both sent and received in the same exported pst
A few years back when researching this problem I ran across a program that came close to being a perfect solution. It would not work for what I needed but I showed me some possibilities that I would ...
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How to view all my Google Chrome bookmarks, sorted by date?
I want to see a flat list of all my bookmarks in Google Chrome, sorted from the oldest one to the newest one.
How can I achieve this ?
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Excel VBA macro to sort sheets in a custom order?
I have a workbook with over 20 sheets. Each sheet contains an error type, and a list of records with that error. These workbooks are produced elsewhere and then sent to me.
I want to sort the sheets ...
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Arranging files in a folder Mac?
Im running Mac OS X Lion 10.8.2 and every time I boot up and go to my Applications folder the apps are all over the place, I proceed by arranging them alphabetically but later they are all over the ...
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Sorting by Folder and Received in Outlook 2010
I want to sort my Unread Mail folder by Folder and within that by Recieved (oldest on top).
I've found that by clicking the "In Folder" header, holding down Shift and clicking Received twice I can ...
