Alphabetizing Playlists [Zen Mic

Hi.
I was wondering, why is it I can sort the track order in alphabetical order with all the tracks, but when I make a new playlist and update it, the new songs go to the end of the order and there is no easy way to alphabetize them.
Instead I have to click and drag my files to where they should be in the playlist. That takes a long time, and sometimes I can't scroll to the top so I have to drag it as far up as my screen can go, then wait for it to be placed there, then scroll up and drag it to where it needs to be.
Please, I hope there is a way I can easily alphabetize my playlist tracks. If not, consider making this an option in a firmware upgrade.
Thanks in advance, Nate.

To my knowledge, there is no way to do this for the Micro. I once read that the reasoning for not having this feature was that, many times, people will put a playlist in the exact order they want it. If there was a way to alphabetize the list, people might accidentally hit it, and then their whole list is out of order, with no easy way to put it back. This is persuasi've. But still, you would think there would be a way to save the playlist's order, then you could alphabetize by track, or artist name, or album or whatever, and always revert to the saved file to get the original order. That would be a neat feature in a future firmware...

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