Group or ungroup items

Do one of the following:

Group items

  1. On the View menu, point to Current View, and then click a view that displays items in a table or a timeline view type.
  2. On the View menu, point to Current View, and then click Customize Current View.
  3. Click Group By.
  4. In the Group items by box, click a field to group by.

    If the field you want isn't in the Group items by box, click a different field set in the Select available fields from box.

  5. Click Ascending or Descending for the sort order of the group headings.
  6. To display the field you're grouping items by, select the Show field in view check box.
  7. To group by subgroups, click a field in the Then by box.
  8. In the Expand/collapse defaults box, click the default for how you want groups to display in the view.

After closing the dialog box, display or hide items in a group by clicking Expand or Collapse .

Ungroup items

  1. On the View menu, point to Current View, and then click Customize Current View.
  2. Click Group By.
  3. In the Group items by box, click none.