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From: "Cheri Casper" <>
Subject: RE: [GENBOX] Sorting on given name
Date: Sun, 31 Oct 2004 11:02:57 -0800
In-Reply-To: <000d01c4bf6e$5f32f7a0$6402a8c0@laptop>


Wim - If the Individual Pick Dialog is filtered, you *can* sort on first
name. For unfiltered Pick Dialogs, clicking on the header results in an
alpha sort by first name WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF THE SURNAME, i.e., all of my
Andersons are sorted by first name. But if what you are asking is that you
be able to sort so all "Marys" or all "Joes" are together, that option
doesn't exist as a sort option. You, therefore, have to resort to a query.

CheriC

-----Original Message-----
From: wim prange [mailto:]
Sent: Sunday, October 31, 2004 9:24 AM
To:
Subject: Re: [GENBOX] Sorting on given name


The namecolumn from the Individuals picklist is sorted on Surname > Given
Name. I don't remember if it was the case in the beginning, but I noticed it
at least a couple of updates ago. A sorting ability on Given Name seems like
a usefull adition to me too.

Gr. Wim

----- Original Message -----
From: "Geir Thorud" <>
To: <>
Sent: Sunday, October 31, 2004 5:20 PM
Subject: SV: [GENBOX] Sorting on given name


> Hi Cheri,
>
> I have no problem understanding that you can sort by clicking
> on the headers. What I find confusing is that sorting may switch
> between Given and Surname - had it worked - and would like to see
> some text telling me if it is currently sorting on "Given name inverted"
> or what.
>
> I have searched for "Ole Olson", but clicking on the Name collumn only
> switches between surnames (the prefered Farm-surname) and surnames
inverted.
> No sorting on given name as far as I can see.
>
> I do not considder the switching between surname and givenname - had it
> worked -
> a normal way to sort, so I would have expected a special mentioning of
this
> switching in the helpfile for the Pick Dialog.
>
> Are you shure that sorting on given name is intended?
>
> Geir
>
>
>
> > -----Opprinnelig melding-----
> > Fra: Cheri Casper [mailto:]
> > Sendt: 31. oktober 2004 06:22
> > Til:
> > Emne: RE: [GENBOX] Sorting on given name
> >
> >
> > Geir - Default sort of the Pick Dialog is by ID number. This is true
for
> > Individuals, Correspondence, Researchers, Sources and probably something
> > else I am leaving out. You can sort on any column by clicking on the
> > header. For my 14 people whose birth name or married name was
> > Mary Casper,
> > I can use the default sort of ID number, sort by birth date, by
> > death date,
> > or by Given, Last. You can, by clicking again, sort by inverted
> > ID number,
> > inverted death date, or inverted birth date. Inverted Given,
> > Last does not
> > seem to function properly.
> >
> > Clicking on column headers to sort works on almost everything:
> > children in
> > the Summary View of a parent (name = alpha sort on first name;
> > birth date =
> > ascending order or clicking again = descending order). These sorts also
> > work on the Source Pick Dialog as well as the various items in the List
> > View.
> >
> > Open the Help file and type in "sort." You will find many places
> > where the
> > Help file mentions clicking on column headers to sort.
> >
> > CheriC
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Geir Thorud [mailto:]
> > Sent: Saturday, October 30, 2004 7:54 PM
> > To:
> > Subject: SV: [GENBOX] Sorting on given name
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Cheri Casper [mailto:] wrote:
> >
> > > Josef - To find an individual by given name, click on the funnel
> > > next to the
> > > large name that splashes across the top of the Summary View.
> > > This brings up
> > > the name Pick Dialog. You can enter given name or surname and the
Pick
> > > Dialog will filter for what you put in the field at the top. A
> > > click on the
> > > header over the name column will sort the filtered individuals.
> > > If you have
> > > surnames, a click will then do a sort surname, then given. For
married
> > > women (assuming you have given them both a Birth Name and a
> > > Married Name on
> > > the Identifiers tab) filtering will find them either way.
> >
> > I find the sorting feature confusing since one expects the list
> > to be sorted on the first letters in the Name. Also, if you type
> > more than one word in the search field, i.e. given name and
> > surname, it is not easy to see how the list is sorted.
> >
> > Perhaps there should be some text at the bottom of the list telling
> > what it is currently sorted on.
> >
> > Also, is the sorting feature documented in Help?
> >
> > Geir
> >
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