Selecting which columns appear in a list

You can select which properties appear in lists and change the order in which the columns for the properties appear. For example, a list might display values for Name, Size, Modified, and Format, as shown here:

You could choose to remove Size and add Creator, as shown here:

To select which columns appear for a particular view:

  1. Navigate to the view.

  2. If the Same as Cabinets checkbox appears, you can copy the cabinet’s settings by marking the checkbox and skipping the rest of this procedure.

  3. Click .

  4. To add a property to be displayed as a column, do the following:

    1. In the Select object type list, select the object type that contains the property you want to display. The properties appear in the Select attributes to display list.

      To see the properties for all standard object types, select Default Items.

      Note: To see the properties for a custom object type, the custom object type must be added to the list by an administrator and then you must select that custom object type in the Select object type list.

    2. In the Select attributes to display list, select the property you want displayed in a column.

    3. Click Add.

    4. Repeat these substeps for as many properties as you want to add.

  5. To change the order in which columns are displayed, select a property in the Selected attributes to display as column and click Up or Down, as appropriate.

  6. To remove a property that is displayed as a column, select the property in the Selected attributes to display as column and click Remove.

  7. When you are done adding and removing properties, click OK.

    Column settings are maintained per user profile, per machine. If you use a different machine, you will have to specify your column settings again for that machine.