Using ArcCatalog

Tip
Selecting adjacent
columns
When sorting by more than one
column, you will often position
those columns together to the left
of the table as if you were creating
a report. There is a shortcut for
selecting adjacent columns. Place
the mouse pointer over the heading
of the leftmost column, then hold
the mouse button down while
dragging the mouse pointer to the
right. All columns that you drag
the pointer over will be selected.
Sorting records by more
than one column
1. Rearrange the table’s
columns so that the column
whose values will be used
first to sort the records
appears in the left of the
table, then the column whose
values will be used second,
and so on.
2. Click the heading of the first
column you want to use to
sort the records.
3. Press the Ctrl key on the
keyboard and click the
second column’s heading.
4. Repeat step 3 until all
columns that will be used to
sort the table’s records have
been selected.
5. Right-click the heading of
one of the selected columns
and click Sort Ascending or
Sort Descending.
The table’s records are
sorted.
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The records have been sorted first by
the left column’s values, then by the
right column’s values.
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