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Extensively used categories in OL2000. Typical view was grouped by
categories. Clicking on one of column headers (e.g., from) would sort
within each of the grouped categories (i.e., original category grouping
would remain). Clicking on column header would change nothing about a
pre-defined view (one that I created). This is not how OL2003 appears
to work.
Set up a predefined view that groups on categories. Apply that view to
current folder. Go to other folders and apply view. In an arbitrary
folder, click on column header. View is no longer grouped by categories
- either sorted with no groupings or grouped according to whether show
in groups was checked. Furthermore, the predefined view for that folder
has 'lost' it's designation of 'Categories' as the grouped field.
Either nothing or grayed out and 'group by arrangement' checked. That
pre-defined view now reflects the sorted by characteristic for ALL
folders.
In order to emulate behavior of OL2000 described at outset, create 3
pre-defined views grouped by category but with different sorts for each
view (received, from, to). Works ok when switching between pre-defined
views (put Current View drop-down into tool bar). However, as described
above, whenever ANY of the column headers are clicked on (for instance,
clicking on the size header to get messages sorted by size), DESTROYS
the settings in the current view that was being used. That view no
longer has grouped by categories for ANY of the folders! Instead, it is
simply sorted based on the column header that had been clicked as
mentioned above.
Unless I'm doing something terribly wrong, or my system is completely
hosed (just got it with corportate settings so don't see how that can
be) this appears to be a really poor 'enhancement' to OL 2003. Clicking
on one of the column headers when using a pre-defined view is a VERY
dangerous thing to do - plays games with the selected pre-defined view.
Evidently some bright M$ sw engineer thought it would be a good idea
for the column headers to directly modify pre-defined views.
Anyone have any insight into this 'feature'???
Thanks.....
categories. Clicking on one of column headers (e.g., from) would sort
within each of the grouped categories (i.e., original category grouping
would remain). Clicking on column header would change nothing about a
pre-defined view (one that I created). This is not how OL2003 appears
to work.
Set up a predefined view that groups on categories. Apply that view to
current folder. Go to other folders and apply view. In an arbitrary
folder, click on column header. View is no longer grouped by categories
- either sorted with no groupings or grouped according to whether show
in groups was checked. Furthermore, the predefined view for that folder
has 'lost' it's designation of 'Categories' as the grouped field.
Either nothing or grayed out and 'group by arrangement' checked. That
pre-defined view now reflects the sorted by characteristic for ALL
folders.
In order to emulate behavior of OL2000 described at outset, create 3
pre-defined views grouped by category but with different sorts for each
view (received, from, to). Works ok when switching between pre-defined
views (put Current View drop-down into tool bar). However, as described
above, whenever ANY of the column headers are clicked on (for instance,
clicking on the size header to get messages sorted by size), DESTROYS
the settings in the current view that was being used. That view no
longer has grouped by categories for ANY of the folders! Instead, it is
simply sorted based on the column header that had been clicked as
mentioned above.
Unless I'm doing something terribly wrong, or my system is completely
hosed (just got it with corportate settings so don't see how that can
be) this appears to be a really poor 'enhancement' to OL 2003. Clicking
on one of the column headers when using a pre-defined view is a VERY
dangerous thing to do - plays games with the selected pre-defined view.
Evidently some bright M$ sw engineer thought it would be a good idea
for the column headers to directly modify pre-defined views.
Anyone have any insight into this 'feature'???
Thanks.....