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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. 
 + 
 +Mezzmo uses sort title keywords in order to create sort titles for your files. 
 +===== Examples ===== 
 + 
 +By default, when Mezzmo is installed, the sort title keywords are: The, A, An 
 + 
 +**Title:** A Beautiful Mind\\  
 +**Sort Title:** Beautiful Mind, A 
 + 
 +**Title:** The Bourne Supremacy\\  
 +**Sort Title:** Bourne Supremacy, The 
 + 
 +**Title:** An American werewolf in London\\  
 +**Sort Title:** American werewolf in London, An 
 + 
 + 
 + 
 + 
  
  
 ===== Changing the sort title keywords ===== ===== Changing the sort title keywords =====
  
-You can configure the sort title keywords that Mezzmo uses:+You can configure the sort title keywords that Mezzmo uses when it automatically creates sort titles for your files:
  
   * Go to **Options dialog (Reterieving Metadata page)**.   * Go to **Options dialog (Reterieving Metadata page)**.
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   * Change the keywords as you wish and click **OK**.   * Change the keywords as you wish and click **OK**.
   * Your changes will be applied to new files that are added to your Mezzmo library or when you maintain your library (with the **Update all attributes** radio button selected).   * Your changes will be applied to new files that are added to your Mezzmo library or when you maintain your library (with the **Update all attributes** radio button selected).
 +
 +===== Change the sort title for a file =====
 +
 +  - Right-click on the file in Mezzmo an click **Properties**.
 +  - On the **Properties dialog (General tab)**, change the **Sort title** edit box as you wish.\\ {{:​propertiesgeneral.png|Properties dialog (General tab)}}
 +  - Click **OK** to save your changes.
 +
 +===== 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 =====
 +
 +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)**.\\ {{:​activeplaylistpropertiessorttitle.png|Active Playlist Properties dialog}}
 +  - 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.
 +