Marta, This doesn't apply just to Mail, but to all your files. I just double-clicked on my Document file; it opened, showing me a long list of files that I have stored there. I double-clicked then on my file labeled Health. It also has a long list of records files. I then clicked on the top of the right-hand side column (where it says "Date Modified), now all those items in my Health folder are listed with most recent activity at the top (in my case): you may reverse that order and have them listed with most recent activity at the bottom, if you prefer. For that, you would click on the arrow to the right of Date Modified. See?
I hope this helps. Haven't seen you in quite a while... you know I'm always hoping you're feeling okay. I won't say well... perhaps that's too much to hope for (though I do, of course). Try this and see what happens. Mike On Aug 22, 2005, at 12:08 AM, Marta Edie wrote: > Mike, i don't really understand what you try to tell me. I am not > talking about the columns in "mail" , I am talking about a file in my > documents. Say a bunch of articles I saved; no matter when I put them > into the list, they appear in alphabetical order. Now if I want to see > the last five entries I made according to the dates I filed them, I > have to go through the whole list and click on the item to see when it > was filed or modified. I know I could put a number there or make an > indent,to put the latest entry on top, but that does not help me in > the long run. I am just curious if that would be possible. This group > knows so many things i am not aware of, it always is worth a try. > Marta > On Aug 21, 2005, at 23:43, Mike Watkins wrote: > >> Marta, >> Under any set of files (or sub-files), there are headings at the tops >> of the columns, designating such things as Subject or Date Received >> (or Date Modified). If you click on the Date column, it lists >> according to the chronological order in which received or modified. >> If you click on Name or on Subject, it will list those >> alphabetically. Each individual file, say, in Documents (such as >> e-mails from a certain individual), uses the same method to get the >> columns to behave this same way. There is also an small arrow at the >> far right of the Subject/ Date line. Clicking on this will reverse >> the order so that the last is first, as best I can explain that. Try >> it and see what happens. >> Mike >> >> >> On Aug 21, 2005, at 11:16 PM, Marta Edie wrote: >> >>> Is there a way to change the entries of files - say- in documents- >>> where all my saved items are filed according to the alphabet , to >>> have them show up according to the date on which they were saved? I >>> sometimes would prefer the list showing the latest entries on top, >>> so they would not get lost between entries from , say , a couple of >>> years ago? I have never inquired whether there might be preferences >>> as to how files could be stored. >>> Marta -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: text/enriched Size: 3015 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://www.math.louisville.edu/pipermail/macgroup/attachments/20050822/95a6b22b/attachment.bin
