Well if your outlook is anything like mine, go to the menu bar, click View, then click 'current view', then click 'messages'. You'll get the very latest emails at the top, or bottom, of your inbox in date order and not in any other order. ...Damon -----Original Message----- From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Catherine Turner Sent: 08 February 2005 17:47 To: Access-UK Subject: [access-uk] Sorting, grouping, ascending/descending Hello, I wonder if anyone can explain something to me I've never understood. The way I have Outlook 2000 set up, at the top of the inbox come the most recent e-mails. I arrow down and JAWS says "Conversation: Hello or whatever the subject is". Within those conversation groups, the most recent e-mail is at the bottom. I hope that makes sense - as you'll see below I don't understand it! I have several questions. I like having the most recent e-mails within a conversation at the bottom, but really I'd like the whole thing with the most recent e-mails (the whole load of e-mails in the inbox, not just within each conversation, if that makes sense). How do I do this? The other thing is, although most e-mails seem to get sorted/grouped in the way I describe above, some which are very recent seem to get put at the bottom. I don't really understand how to set Outlook up so I have it the way I want it. I don't know whether to choose ascending or descending, and I don't know the difference between sorting and grouping. There seem to be millions of ways of customising it in Outlook and I can't imagine that they're necessary. I thought I had it the way I want it but every now and then someone says they've sent me an e-mail and I don't notice it, because it's been put at the bottom and I assume it will be near the top (and I have e-mails in between which I just keep for info, so I never get to the bottom cos I think all below a certain point are just for info). Then someone says about an e-mail they've sent me and I find it at the bottom even though it's recent. Can anyone explain to me? Catherine ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** and in the Subject line type ** unsubscribe ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the ** immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] ** or send a message, to ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq http://www.bbc.co.uk/ This e-mail (and any attachments) is confidential and may contain personal views which are not the views of the BBC unless specifically stated. If you have received it in error, please delete it from your system. Do not use, copy or disclose the information in any way nor act in reliance on it and notify the sender immediately. Please note that the BBC monitors e-mails sent or received. Further communication will signify your consent to this. ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** and in the Subject line type ** unsubscribe ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the ** immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] ** or send a message, to ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq