Thanks for responding, Diane. Didn't mean to ruffle feathers. My point,
however, was that Entourage provides the same resources that Outlook provides
to my PCs - email, address book, calendar, notes, to-do lists - but none of
them has all the "bells and whistles" of Outlook - virtually every one of
them is inferior in terms of customization and functionality. And that seems
to be the case with the other program I use primarily within the Office Suite
- Word - which doesn't allow for the same level of customization of menus or
toolbars, either. I don't use Excel or Powerpoint much, so can't comment
about them with any certainty. However, it does seem like more than a
coincidence that the Mac versions of these Microsoft products come up short
compared to the PC versions - or at least their PC counterparts. Perhaps
you're right, though - my cynicism may be unfounded. But it's hard for me not
to believe Microsoft corporate has ulterior motives when programming for
their main rival's machines.
As for the "can I explain..." part - no, of course I can't explain why any
decision might be made in which I'm not involved.
Bottom line is that I just hope this simple functionality (sorting by
multiple criteria) which is a given in most any data-driven program be added
in future versions. For now, I guess I'll just have to lose time searching
for names that can not, for some reason, be listed alphabetically.
