Sort Task List by Due Date, then by Category

I have Outlook 2007. I would like to sort my task list first by due date and
then by category. I have named my categories something like as follows:

-21 Case Work
-22 Housing
-23 Contact
-24 Follow Up

They are in a nice rainbow order which is easy enough for me to drag and
place where I want within a specific day (on the To Do List View), but I
would like Outlook to do this sorting automatically.

When I do custom sort, "Categories" is not in any available fields. There
is a "Category" field, but that is different.

I know that you can assign more than one category to an item, and that will
probably botch my whole idea, but I promise I'll be good and will only assign
one category to each! =~)

It is not possible to "sort" by Category. You can Group by Category. You
can Group by Category after sorting by another field and I think that's as
close as we can get to what you asked for.

You'll need to learn how to do this manually:

turn on the Advanced Toolbar
in your Contacts Folder, change to the By Category view
click the Group By Box button in the advanced toolbar (it's beside the white
window where you can type a contact to find). What you have now is a grey
space/box above the column headers - currently containing the Categories
column header
sort by the field you want (click it's column header and you'll see an arrow
in the header)
drag the Categories field from the column header location back up into the
Group By box (where it was before you clicked to sort)

I hope that's clear. If you get stuck, come back!

Regards

Judy Gleeson
MVP Outlook

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"orangepotatocasserole"
wrote in message ...
I have Outlook 2007. I would like to sort my task list first by due date
and
then by category. I have named my categories something like as follows:

-21 Case Work
-22 Housing
-23 Contact
-24 Follow Up

They are in a nice rainbow order which is easy enough for me to drag and
place where I want within a specific day (on the To Do List View), but I
would like Outlook to do this sorting automatically.

When I do custom sort, "Categories" is not in any available fields. There
is a "Category" field, but that is different.

I know that you can assign more than one category to an item, and that
will
probably botch my whole idea, but I promise I'll be good and will only
assign
one category to each! =~)

The results were the same as grouping by Category and sorting by date.
Unfortunately, that is not what I wanted to accomplish. I would like
everything sorted first by date, and then arranged categorically (by
priority, actually) for each specific day.

Thanks for the help, though.



"Judy Gleeson (MVP Outlook)" wrote:

It is not possible to "sort" by Category. You can Group by Category. You
can Group by Category after sorting by another field and I think that's as
close as we can get to what you asked for.

You'll need to learn how to do this manually:

turn on the Advanced Toolbar
in your Contacts Folder, change to the By Category view
click the Group By Box button in the advanced toolbar (it's beside the white
window where you can type a contact to find). What you have now is a grey
space/box above the column headers - currently containing the Categories
column header
sort by the field you want (click it's column header and you'll see an arrow
in the header)
drag the Categories field from the column header location back up into the
Group By box (where it was before you clicked to sort)

I hope that's clear. If you get stuck, come back!

Regards

Judy Gleeson
MVP Outlook

If you have 2 minutes I would appreciate some feedback through this survey
link.
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?s...QUr5wGQQ_3d_3d


www.judygleeson.com
www.deskdoctors.com
Want to be more productive? Outlook 2003 user? Read "7 settings all Outlook
2003 users should change" at www.pragmatix.com.au

SOON!
launching in August 2008:
www.executiveassistantsonline.com

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"orangepotatocasserole"
wrote in message ...
I have Outlook 2007. I would like to sort my task list first by due date
and
then by category. I have named my categories something like as follows:

-21 Case Work
-22 Housing
-23 Contact
-24 Follow Up

They are in a nice rainbow order which is easy enough for me to drag and
place where I want within a specific day (on the To Do List View), but I
would like Outlook to do this sorting automatically.

When I do custom sort, "Categories" is not in any available fields. There
is a "Category" field, but that is different.

I know that you can assign more than one category to an item, and that
will
probably botch my whole idea, but I promise I'll be good and will only
assign
one category to each! =~)