Arranging groups of photos in aperture 2.1 browser

Hi, I'm having trouble reordering groups of photos. According to the getting started manual (page 75) you can select a group of photos in the aperture browser, and drag them within the browser to change the order of the photos. Doing that with individual photos works but when I try with more than one I never get the green bar that lets me drop the photos into the new location. Am I missing something? Clues? Thanks!

Peter Galvin wrote:
Doing that with individual photos works but when I try with more than one I never get the green bar that lets me drop the photos into the new location.
Hi, Peter
It works. Select the photos regardless of order and click on the first photo and drag to the new location. The sort order will change to "Custom" and Aperture will remember the new order regardless if you later decide to sort by date...
victor

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