<p class="Paragraph"><help:to-be-embedded Eid="sortierentext" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"><help:help-text value="visible">Enter here the sort criteria for the data display.</help:help-text></help:to-be-embedded></p>
<p class="Paragraph">While the functions <help:link Id="65990" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"><span class="T1">Sort in Ascending Order</span></help:link> and <help:link Id="65969" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"><span class="T1">Sort in Descending Order</span></help:link> sort by one criterion only, you can combine several criteria in this dialog.</p>
<p class="Paragraph">You can remove a sorting that has been performed with the <help:link Id="65976" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"><span class="T1">Remove Filter/Sorting</span></help:link> icon.</p>
<p class="Head2">Sorting</p>
<p class="Paragraph">Use this area to enter search criteria. If you enter additional sorting criteria under <span class="T1">And Then</span>, the data matching the content of the higher-order criterion will then be ordered according to the next criterion.</p>
<p class="Paragraph">If you sort the field name "First name" in ascending order and the field name "last name" in descending order, all records will be sorted in ascending order by first name, and then within the first names, in descending order by last name.</p>
<p class="Head3">Field name</p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:help-text value="visible" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">Select here the data field name whose content will determine the sort order.</help:help-text></p>
<p class="Head3">Order</p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:help-text value="visible" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">Specify here the sort order (either ascending or descending).</help:help-text></p>
<p class="Head3">then</p>
<p class="Paragraph">Enter additional subordinate sort criteria into the other fields.</p>