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		<title>How to sort your task list by multiple columns</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jul 2010 09:02:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jiri Novotny</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Swift To-Do List 7 allows you to sort your to-do list using multiple columns. Learn how.<p><a href="https://www.dextronet.com/blog/how-to-sort-your-task-list-by-multiple-columns/">How to sort your task list by multiple columns</a> is a post from: <a href="https://www.dextronet.com/blog">Swift To-Do List Blog</a></p>
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				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Multi column sorting is one of the new features in in our <a href="http://www.dextronet.com/swift-to-do-list-software" target="_blank">task management software</a>. </p>
<p>It allows you to sort your to-do list by multiple columns &#8211; eg. first by <strong>Due Date</strong>, then by <strong>Priority</strong>. This will bring high priority tasks that you have to do today to the top of your task list, followed by the rest of the tasks that you have to do today, followed by tasks that you have to do tomorrow, etc. Quite handy, right?</p>
<h1>How to sort by multiple columns</h1>
<p>Hold the <strong>Shift</strong> key and <strong>click a column</strong> to add it as a second (or third, or fourth, etc) column to your current sort. </p>
<p><strong>Example: If you want to sort by Due Date, then by Priority:</strong></p>
<ol>
<li>Click <strong>Due Date</strong> column</li>
<li>Hold the <strong>Shift</strong> key and click <strong>Priority</strong> column
<li>(To add a third column: Hold <strong>Shift</strong> and click yet another column)
</ol>
<p>You can also click any of the columns twice to make its sort descending.</p>
<p>As you can see, it is quite simple. You can add as many columns as you wish to your current sort this way. The primary sort column will have a subtle back-light.</p>
<div style="text-align: center; margin-top: 5px; margin-bottom: 15px"><img src="http://www.dextronet.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/multi-column-sort.png" alt="Multi-column sort of task list in Swift To-Do List 7" /></div>
<h1>How to clear multi-column sort</h1>
<p>You can hold the <strong>Ctrl</strong> key and click a column. This will remove it from the sort.</p>
<p>Another possibility is to simply click any column. This will sort your task list by that column, and clear any previous sort. I&#8217;ve simply clicked the <strong>Priority</strong> column in the example screenshot below to clear the multi-column sort:</p>
<div style="text-align: center; margin-top: 5px; margin-bottom: 15px"><img src="http://www.dextronet.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/multi-column-sort-cleared.png" alt="Cleared multi-column sort of task list in Swift To-Do List 7" /></div>
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<p><a href="https://www.dextronet.com/blog/how-to-sort-your-task-list-by-multiple-columns/">How to sort your task list by multiple columns</a> is a post from: <a href="https://www.dextronet.com/blog">Swift To-Do List Blog</a></p>
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