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 ====== Using sort titles ====== ====== Using sort titles ======
  
-Sort titles are an attribute for your files that you can use to display and organize your files.+Sort titles are an attribute for your files that you can use to display and organize your files. ​ ​Mezzmo automatically creates sort titles for your files when adding files into your Mezzmo library and when maintaining your Mezzmo library. 
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 +Mezzmo uses sort title keywords in order to create sort titles for your files. 
 +===== Examples ===== 
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 +By default, when Mezzmo is installed, the sort title keywords are: The, A, An 
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 +**Title:** A Beautiful Mind\\  
 +**Sort Title:** Beautiful Mind, A 
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 +**Title:** The Bourne Supremacy\\  
 +**Sort Title:** Bourne Supremacy, The 
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 +**Title:** An American werewolf in London\\  
 +**Sort Title:** American werewolf in London, An 
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   - Click **OK** to save your changes.   - Click **OK** to save your changes.
  
-Enter the sort title of the media file. This can be used to sort your files into a more convenient order. For example, the movie 'A Beautiful Mind' may have a Sort Title of '​Beautiful Mind, A'.+===== Using sort titles as display titles ===== 
 + 
 +If you wish to view the sort titles as the titles ​of your files, then you can use the Display Titles feature to do this. 
 + 
 +  - Go to the **Options dialog (General page)** and click the **Display Titles** button. 
 +  - On the Display Titles dialog, click the **Add Keyword** button to add the **%SORTTITLE%** keyword.\\ {{:​displaytitleskeywords.png|Display Titles dialog}} 
 +  - Click **OK** to save your changes. 
 + 
 +===== Using sort titles to improve grouping in your active playlists ===== 
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 +If you are using **Group By First Letter** in your active playlists and this is creating large lists of (for example) movies under the letter T or A, then you can use the sort title to better group your files. 
 +  - Right-click on your active playlist and click **Properties**. 
 +  - On the **Active Playlist Properties** dialog, change ​the **Sort by** setting to either **Sort Title (Ascending)** or **Sort Title (Descending)**. 
 +  - Click **OK** to save your changes. 
 +  - In the background, Mezzmo will update the active playlist to use the sort title for the Group By First Letter keyword and your active playlist should now have better grouping. 
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