# Sort a View

By default, tasks and resources are listed in ascending order by ID number. If this order doesn’t meet your needs — for example, you want to see tasks in order from longest duration to shortest — you can sort the order by different criteria. When you sort, you rearrange tasks or resources by specifying the fields that should control the order, such as Duration for a task or Standard Rate for a resource. You cannot sort in a PERT Chart.

Sorting is maintained when you return to a view and is saved when you save your project file.

To sort a view

1. On the Project menu, point to Sort, and then click the sorting option you want.
   To select a sorting option that doesn’t appear on the Sort submenu, point to Sort, and then click Sort by.
2. In the Sort by box, click a field by which to sort your data, and then click Ascending or Descending to specify the sort order.
3. To sort by an additional field, click the field in the first Then by box, and then click Ascending or Descending to specify the sort order.
4. To sort tasks within their outline structure so that subtasks remain with their summary tasks, select the Keep outline structure check box.
5. To permanently renumber your tasks based on the new sort order, select the Permanently renumber tasks check box.
   You can renumber your tasks only if you select the Keep outline structure check box first.
6. To return your tasks to their original sequence, click Reset.
   If you’ve permanently renumbered your tasks, you cannot return your tasks to their original sequence by clicking Reset.

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