List Alphabetically Dystopia <not[ at ]home.com> 11/17/2008 10:48:46 PM When I want to open a *.doc file using Open in the File item on Toolbar the files used to be listed in alphabetical order. I do not know what I have done but now they are listed in date order. They are still in alphabetical order in Windows Explorer. How can I restore them to alphabetical order in the 'Open' window please. -- Dystopia

Re: List Alphabetically "Suzanne S. Barnhill" <sbarnhill[ at ]mvps.org> 11/17/2008 11:10:58 PM Switch to Details view (if you're in some other) and click on the Name column header. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "Dystopia" <not[ at ]home.com> wrote in message news:qps3i4ttthdl57nfh7a4jn2ofkg9jv4957[ at ]4ax.com... [Quoted Text] > When I want to open a *.doc file using Open in the File item on > Toolbar the files used to be listed in alphabetical order. I do not > know what I have done but now they are listed in date order. They > are still in alphabetical order in Windows Explorer. How can I > restore them to alphabetical order in the 'Open' window please. > -- > > Dystopia >

Re: List Alphabetically "Terry Farrell" <terryfarrell[ at ]msn.com> 11/17/2008 11:12:17 PM Select Detail View and then click on the NAME column and they sort just like Explorer. -- Terry Farrell - MSWord MVP PS there has not been a general newsgroup for 6 or 7 years. "Dystopia" <not[ at ]home.com> wrote in message news:qps3i4ttthdl57nfh7a4jn2ofkg9jv4957[ at ]4ax.com... [Quoted Text] > When I want to open a *.doc file using Open in the File item on > Toolbar the files used to be listed in alphabetical order. I do not > know what I have done but now they are listed in date order. They > are still in alphabetical order in Windows Explorer. How can I > restore them to alphabetical order in the 'Open' window please. > -- > > Dystopia

Re: List Alphabetically Dystopia <not[ at ]home.com> 11/18/2008 6:47:54 PM Terry Suzanna, thanks. It's not very obvious and I could not find an answer in help. On Mon, 17 Nov 2008 22:48:46 +0000, Dystopia <not[ at ]home.com> wrote: [Quoted Text] >When I want to open a *.doc file using Open in the File item on >Toolbar the files used to be listed in alphabetical order. I do not >know what I have done but now they are listed in date order. They >are still in alphabetical order in Windows Explorer. How can I >restore them to alphabetical order in the 'Open' window please. -- Dystopia