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In Outline View, you can sort topics by the state of the box associated with each topic. To sort topics by the state of the box, you must first enable Show Boxes on the Tools menu. When you sort ticked items, topics at the level you selected can be arranged with ticked items first (ascending) or ticked items last (descending).

To sort ticked topics:

1.Select the main idea or a topic, then choose Sort on the Outline menu.

2.Under Sort, do one of the following:

▪Select Entire Outline to sort all the topics in the outline.

▪Select Subtopics to sort the subtopics for the selected topic.

3.Under Key, select Checklist to sort your outline by the state of the box associated with each topic.

4.Under Order, do one of the following:

▪Select Ascending to arrange the topics with ticked items first and unticked items last.

▪Select Descending to arrange topics with ticked items last and unticked items first.

5.Click OK.