How do I (un)reverse the alpha display of file list (File/Open)?

[Guest]

All of a sudden tonight, when I choose File/Open in Word or Excel the file
list is in reverse alphabetical order. Does anyone know how to un-reverse
it? I have plugged in a new keyboard and keys are in slightly different
places, so I am sure that I somehow inadvertently pressed a key that caused
this but I can figure out what I did!

 

[Guest]

Hi, awposting. Click on File | Open, then click on the "Name" column heading
to make it sort by that column. Click on "Name" again to toggle between
ascending and descending order.

 

[Guest]

Wow, thanks for the quick response! But, I don't have any column headings in
the file list. I'm using Word 2002 for Office XP. Any ideas?

 

[Guest]

Ahhh! I guess I figured it out. I had to click on the View icon first and
change to a different view (i.e., Details view vs. List view) that had column
headings. THEN clicked on name and it worked. Don't know that changed all
of a sudden (in multiple applications!). Thanks again, garfield.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

If you change the sorting in Windows Explorer, it will affect all
applications that use Explorer windows.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

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