Comments on: Microsoft Outlook 2003 Categories - You cannot sort by this field

By: Alan

Alan — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 00:42:56 +0000

It worked for me. This has bothered me for years.

Thanks!!!!

Alan

By: Herbalbla

Herbalbla — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 21:51:18 +0000

Tried Smoother & Jason’s. Jason’s does not fix it for me. Smoother’s arrange by works, but not alphabetically.

Solution:

Use Smoother’s arrange by method, then go to View>Arrange By>Custom>Sort and pick Subject for the first one. This will sort alphabetically in the arranged Categories view.

By: Randy

Randy — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 13:50:26 +0000

Thank you Jason, that helped.

By: Candace

Candace — Tue, 20 May 2008 01:35:42 +0000

Jason’s suggestion worked for me. Thanks Smoother & Jason! This has been irritating me for weeks, as I use my categories constantly.

By: Jorge

Jorge — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 20:36:04 +0000

I tried Jasons’s suggestion for a solution and it did not work for me. The only thing that works is your work around idea. So, I guess I’ll live with it for now!

Thanks

By: Smoother

Smoother — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 13:27:41 +0000

Thanks Jason!

By: Jason

Jason — Sun, 17 Feb 2008 19:37:07 +0000

Had the same problem, discovered a solution!

First under the View Menu, under ‘Arrange By’, make sure you have ‘Categories’ selected (should be a check mark next to it).

Next go to the View Menu. Select ‘Arrange By’, then ‘Custom…’. Now see that button called ‘Reset Current View’?. Hit that, problem solved. Enjoy.

By: Smoother

Smoother — Sat, 16 Feb 2008 04:45:21 +0000

I’m glad it worked for you Mark. It is pretty annoying.

By: Mark

Mark — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 09:44:32 +0000

Excellent work around. Would have driven me mad