Teach Yourself VISUALLY™ Outlook® 2007

Sort Tasks

By default, tasks are displayed by due date, with limited information about each task appearing in the To-Do list. Outlook enables you to sort and view your tasks in myriad other ways, however. For example, you might view only those tasks due in the next seven days. In addition, you can create custom sort parameters.

Sort Tasks

Perform a Simple Sort

1.	In the navigation pane, click the criterion by which you want to sort or view your messages ( changes to ). [View full size image] In this example, Next Seven Days is selected. Outlook sorts the messages by the view or sort criterion you select. [View full size image]

Perform a Custom Sort

1.	Click View.
2.	Click Arrange By.
3.	Click Custom. [View full size image]
4.	In the Customize View dialog box, click Sort.
5.	In the Sort dialog box, click the Sort Items By and choose the parameter by which you want to sort (here, Due Date ...