I'll get used to groups, but I'd rather have the system do what I want MY WAY. I'm really anti-control when it comes to that sort of thing...you can probably guess I have a real problem with authority figures too. sigh. /g -----Original Message----- From: Linda F. Johnson [mailto:linda@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Wednesday, April 21, 2004 01:49 PM To: mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [mso] Re: Outlook Sorting You are right, Glenda...I didn't realize this since I DO use the groups feature, which I really like....when I turned off the groups, I got the same message as you, that it could not sort by the categories field Not sure WHY that's the case, but I can confirm that it's true...to sort by Categories, you DO have to turn on Show in Groups Learn something new every day... _____ =20 << ella for Spam Control >> has removed 10526 Spam messages and set aside 0 Newsletters for me You can use it too - and it's FREE! www.ellaforspam.com=09 ************************************************************* You are receiving this mail because you subscribed to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx or MicrosoftOffice@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To send mail to the group, simply address it to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To Unsubscribe from this group, send an email to mso-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" (without the quotes) in the subject line. Or, visit the group's homepage and use the dropdown menu. This will also allow you to change your email settings to digest or vacation (no mail). http://www.freelists.org/webpage/mso To be able to use the files section for sharing files with the group, send a request to mso-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx and you will be sent an invitation with instructions. Once you are a member of the files group, you can go here to upload/download files: http://www.smartgroups.com/vault/msofiles *************************************************************