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Changing the order in which results are listed

Results of Full Text searches are automatically listed by entry name, with a date showing to the left of it. This is the entry date. When a search has been restricted to quotations or parts of quotations, the date appears to the right of the result line, and is the date of the matched quotation.

Use the tabs above the list to change the order of results:

  • Click [List by entry date] to list the results by entry date in chronological order of dates of first usage

    If your results are the results of a Full Text search on quotations (or a subsection of this field, such as quotation author), the ‘Entry Date’ tab becomes inactive and appears greyed out. Instead, the ’Quotation Date’ tab becomes active. Click [List by quotation date] to list the results in chronological order of the dates of the quotations.

    Entries without dates (such as undated cross-references) are placed at the end of the list.

  • To switch back to ordering by entry name, click the [List by entry name] tab.

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