HomePrint Labels can sort the records in the current database. Select Sort... from the Database menu. The "Sorting Criteria" dialog box is activated. This dialog box provides three pull-down menus that allow you to select up to three fields on which to perform the sort. The first field has the highest priority, the second field the second highest priority, and the third field has the lowest priority. This means that when the sort has been completed, the entire database will be ordered (alphabetically) on the first field. A set of records with the same value for the first field will be grouped together. The records in this group will be ordered (alphabetically) on the second field.

Similarly, a group of records with the same first and second fields will be ordered by the value in the third field. For example, if you set the first sort to Last Name, and your second sort to First Name, Anderson, Allen would appear in the Browser before Anderson, Betty. Be careful, because multiple level sorts can take a long time on a large database. You can set the second and third sort to None in order to speed up sorting.

Once the sort fields have been properly set, click on OK to sort the database. The first sorting criterion may be set using the Sort by box on the Database Tools