U.M. (Mac OS)

Working with information in records 4-31
4. Click Sort.
To cancel before sorting is finished, press Command-period.
Keep these points in mind:
1 To sort records that have container fields that you want in order,
create a text or number field that describes or identifies the contents
of the container field. Then sort by the text or number field.
1 To restore records to the order in which they were added to the file,
choose Sort from the Mode menu, and then click Unsort in the Sort
Records dialog box.
Remove a field from the Sort
Order list
For Sort Order, double-click the field.
Remove all fields from the Sort
Order list
Click Clear All.
Sort by summary fields Select Include summary fields. (See “Sorting by summary
fields” on page 4-32.)
Use a language for the order in
which fields are sorted that’s
different from the one used for
indexing
Select Override field’s language for sort, and then choose a
language.
Close the Sort Records dialog
box without sorting
Click Done.
To Do this
Select fields to sort
Select the sorting order