How to Sort Print Presets in IDCS3

Hello I have a long list of print presets, and I would like to sort them.
Is there a way??? I would hate to manually recreate like 30 of them.
Thanks, Art

I don't think there is any way to sort them except to create them in order.
That said, you CAN save them one at a time from the presets "Define" dialog, then delete them and load them back in one at a time in order. Tedious, but better than re-creating them.
Once ordered, select them all and save as a group for reloading or moving to another system.
Peter

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