Saving a Custom (Manual) Sort

I searched and searched through Bridge and found NO way to save a custom sort (manual) with a name (or a collection if you prefer). I created a manual custom sort in a folder and ran a PS action to reduce the size of each photo and put them into a new folder. When I opened the new folder the sort was alpha, not like the old folder. I now have to manually sort over 300 photos in new folder.
Is there a way to do this and if not, can a script be written for it. I create slide shows and no of hundreds of examples of how I would use this. It is really labor intensive to put the photos in a special order and then have no way to save it for future use.
Any suggestions or help would be appreciated. If I have to pay someone to do this, I will. thanks.

I am using Bridge (Version 1.0.4) and CS2 on WinXP, SP2. I am extremely disappointment in a limitation in Bridge that seems to be related to JamesAGrover's challenge to save a manual sort that he has created in a collection.
A review of topics related to manual sorting in these Adobe forums indicate that there is a general limitation to sorting a collection. This limitation seems to exist in any of the Adobe products for Mac or PC that offer the ability to view "collections" of images, for example, Lightroom and Bridge.
A "collection" seems to be a set of file names that are handled independently of the real files themselves. The magic resides in the user's experience of handling the "collection" of filenames as if they were the actual files themselves.
Of course, there is no "magic"; the collection is working with some kind of pointer to the actual files, where ever they may truly reside.
There are many powerful reasons for offering functionality of this kind. The one that primarily interests me is that by working with pointers to the same file from different collections, I can create different subsets of images and unique sort orders without copying the original files. I avoid filling my harddrive with copies, but I can burn thousands of CDs and DVDs each with different selections and sorts.
But unfortunately, inside a "collection", I am unable to execute a manual sort at all. The problem exists if my collection includes files from a single directory or from several different directories (folders). Since this seems to contradict the basic promise of a "collection" of filenames, I keep thinking that I misunderstand the user's interface.
I have set the "View - Sort" menu with every permutation of checks and unchecks for "Ascending Order" and "Manually" with no luck.
I have discovered a workaround to my problem: I have been able to manually sort, and save, a direct view of a real file system directory from the Bridge interface. But that has forced me to create copies of my images in one unique new directory for every selection and sort that I need.
To tie this back to the first post in this topic, I must observe that for me, after creating and manually sorting a collection, I will want to save the collection with its unique and idiosyncratic, manual sort. I don't want to copy the original files umpteen times! It seems that I will encounter the problem described by JamesAGrover.
I wonder if any forum member, or any one at Adobe, has a comment. Specifically I wonder about two things:
1) Am I misunderstanding the user's interface? Is there a setting that I have not discovered?
2) Is there a basic limitation with "collections" that has been removed in CS3?

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I manually sorted photos in my iPhoto '08 album and want to print contact sheets showing the photos in this sorted order. Everything is working fine choosing the preselected contact sheet with 3 rows and 4 lines i. e. 12 pictures on each page. But when trying to customize the preselected contact sheet (for I want 4 rows and 5 lines) the manual sorting is gone and instead the pictures are sorted otherwise (by name I guess). Does anyone has any idea to solve the problem?
(I use Tiger 10.4.10, Mac Pro QuadCore, iPhoto 7.0.2)

Gunther:
Welcome to the Apple Discussions. Have you tried dragging the photos in the contact sheet customize window to arrange them as you want? It works that way for me.
Do you Twango?
TIP: For insurance against the iPhoto database corruption that many users have experienced I recommend making a backup copy of the Library6.iPhoto database file and keep it current. If problems crop up where iPhoto suddenly can't see any photos or thinks there are no photos in the library, replacing the working Library6.iPhoto file with the backup will often get the library back. By keeping it current I mean backup after each import and/or any serious editing or work on books, slideshows, calendars, cards, etc. That insures that if a problem pops up and you do need to replace the database file, you'll retain all those efforts. It doesn't take long to make the backup and it's good insurance.
I've written an Automator workflow application (requires Tiger), iPhoto dB File Backup, that will copy the selected Library6.iPhoto file from your iPhoto Library folder to the Pictures folder, replacing any previous version of it. It's compatible with iPhoto 08 libraries. You can download it at Toad's Cellar. Be sure to read the Read Me pdf file.

Any way to Restore Last Manual Sort Order or Prevent from being Overwritten accidentally?

     Help!
     I'm constantly accidentally overwriting painstakingly created manual sort ordering (sometimes hours but more often months of accumulated work) in folders with files numbering up to 1,000, when i, however breifly, switch to another sort ordering (size, date modified etc) to check something, immediately forget that i'm in another sort order, and, unthinkingly (actually i guess i'm thinking of a lot of other things) drag a file to another position, this immediately destroys any past manual sorting i've established, overwriting it with this new inadvertent manual ordering.
     I've tried CommandZ (edit undo) but that only undoes my last rating or labeling, i've rushed to force quit Bridge through the activity montior hoping i will catch it before its overwritten, but obviously i am not as fast as a computer, and i don't think this has ever worked.
Is there any way or any script someone has written to formally save a manual sort order? Is there anything i've missed to attempt restoring it? Has anyone, repeatedly foiled by this, written something that would give a warning and require confirmation say for instance, if i tried to drag or move a file while in another sort ordering (this seems like something that should have existed the minute the opportunity was given to create manual organization). Would anyone be willing to?
     Seriously, me forgetting almost every time isn't going to change and, more vexingly, it's even happened when i didn't mean to move anything but fumbled momentarily while in another sort order. I think most people might forget because (in the context of computing) we are conditioned to expect a warning if something we have just created is about to be written over or discarded, and since there is no option to formally save a manual ordering we have just created.
     Also, if this was in the real world, moving a single file would not reshuffle everything on your desk. If i had the option to formally save a manual organization i would NOT forget to do this and would use it, as i've wished for one every time spent a while rearranging files. Knowing how easily all the hours (much less months and years of cumulative work) of organizational work can be accidentally lost makes working within Bridge unpleasantly anxious.
      I'm literally willing to do anything including installing some sketchy 3rd-part scripts (though honestly i have no idea what that means or how to do it). I extentively use and rely heavily upon this function so this is a fairly serious Achille's heel. It's like watching your incredibly important meticulously constructed house of cards collapse with a careless but innocent sigh, or like having the equivelent of a not even charming cat dance across your keyboard during a live concert, etc etc....
     Also it is not usually appropriate, given the context, to batch rename everything to preserve a manual ordering w sequence numbers, etc. Often the filenames are considerably (but necessarily, to connote important differences) long already, and when i have to rearrange things in the future would have to do that each time, etc, etc, making for even more unwieldly filenames that didn't have any substantive information at the beginning. I'm looking for a way to make this function (manual sort ordering), well, more functional, secure and stable, the workarounds i've considered cause too many additonal problems.
     Thank you in advance for any help you may be able to offer, and as this is my first attempt to use the forums as i live on a boat with no regular net access, would appreciate any forum etiquette corrections, and advance apologies for any misspellings, dyslexic and spellcheck does not seem to work in this interface. next time will edit in external wordprocessing program beforehand,
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     PPS I know most of y'all might be running the newest and the latest of everything, but, i'm fairly certain this is still a problem in recent versions as this has happened to me at school where all the macs are running cs5. Though if it's been addressed somehow in cs6 would update entire suite just to fix this one problem in Bridge. I've tried many searches and found nothing relevant or wouldn't bother the considerable expertise and resources of an official forum, was extremely hesitant to ask (feared getting snapped at for unwittingly broaching forum etiquette) but it is truly the bane of my considerable Bridge existence, so was willing to risk the imaginary censure and opprobrium....
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That is a good question, to do this requires two functions and a restart of Bridge all done automagically
Copy and paste the script into ExtendScript Toolkit
This gets installed with Photoshop and can be found:-
PC: C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Utilities
MAC: <hard drive>/Applications/Utilities/Adobe Utilities
Start Bridge
PC: Edit - Preferences - Startup Scripts
Mac: Adobe Bridge menu - Preferences - Startup Scripts
At the bottom click the "Reveal Button" this will open the folder where the script should be saved.
Close and restart Bridge.
Accept the new script.
To use:
Tools - Backup Manual Sort
This will backup the hidden manual sort file .BridgeSort to .BridgeSortSave
Tools - Restore Manual Sort
This will copy the .BridgeSortSave back to .BridgeSort and will close and restart Bridge so that the manual sort is restored.
if( BridgeTalk.appName == "bridge" ) {
var backUpManSort = new MenuElement( "command","Backup Manual Sort", "at the end of Tools" , "backupms" );
var RestoreManSort = new MenuElement( "command","Restore Manual Sort", "at the end of Tools" , "restorems" );
backUpManSort.onSelect = function () {
var fileSort = new File(app.document.presentationPath +"/.BridgeSort");
var fileSave = new File(app.document.presentationPath +"/.BridgeSortSave");
if(fileSave.exists) fileSave.remove();
fileSort.copy(fileSave);
fileSave.hidden=true;
RestoreManSort.onSelect = function () {
var fileSort = new File(app.document.presentationPath +"/.BridgeSort");
var fileSave = new File(app.document.presentationPath +"/.BridgeSortSave");
if(!fileSave.exists){
alert("No backup file exists");
return;
app.document.sorts = [{ type:"string",name:"document-kind", reverse:false }];
if(fileSort.exists) fileSort.remove();
fileSave.copy(fileSort);
fileSort.hidden=true;
app.document.chooseMenuItem("mondo/command/new");
app.documents[0].close();
app.document.sorts = [{ name:"user",type:"date", reverse:false }];
Hope this works for you.

Manual sort

I have a huge number of photos in a single photo album, these are sorted manually.
I would like to create a book from this album, but first I would like to duplicate the album and remove a number of pictures. However, when I duplicate the album the photos do not retain the manual sort. Anything I can do?
Alternatively, I can bring all of the photos into the book - but I would like to remove the undesirables from the book - can this be done?
I'm dealing with almost 2000 photos here, so I really don't want to mess with the original album, nor do I wish to resort a second time.
Thanks in advance for any suggestions!

Thank you, thank you, thank you!
Actually, the drag didn't seem to work (lost the sort), but a copy and paste kept the sort.
Thanks again - saved me hours of re-sorting!
But, since I have your attention...Is it possible to "remove" photos from a photo book, or can one only decide to put in the book or not?

User exit upon saving the customer

Hi
can any one tell me what user exit is triggered upon saving the customer in XD01,XD02,VD01 & VD02 Tcodes.
Thanks
Sonali

Hi sonali
Check these user exits which are used at partner determination level. May be this inputs will help you
EXIT_SAPLV09A_001
You can use this user exit to control whether an address that was entered manually and has already been used in other documents (referenced), should be referenced again if it changes or whether a new address should be created (duplicated).
EXIT_SAPLV09A_002
Call up this user exit if a customer has not been maintained in the current sales area.
EXIT_SAPLV09A_003
Use this user exit to control the origin of partners in the partner determination procedure (origin X, Y or Z). If X, Y, or Z has been entered in the Origin field, this user exit is automatically called up during partner determination.
EXIT_SAPLV09A_004
Use this user exit to integrate your own check in a program that runs before the partner is saved in the document.
For more detailed information, see the program documentation for each of the user exits
Regards
Srinath

Custom report sorting

Custom report sorting
I need to display the report column header in vertical format, hence I’ve to use to use some css code along with column name for that. Also, I want this column to be sorted by clicking the column name. So, I’m embedding the following url along with css and column name to enable sorting on this column when user clicks the column header. I got the following url by looking at the standard report with sorting enabled on a column.
http://test.com:7777/pls/htmldb/f?p=100:22:&APP_SESSION:fsp_sort_1::RP&fsp_region_id=1870116795285540
My questions are …
How can I toggle the url to append “_desc” to the fsp_sort_1 parameter dynamically when the user clicks the column name, as it is done when standard column sorting is selected.?
How can pass region id dynamically in the above url (last number in the url)?
Any ideas are appreciated
Thanks,
Surya

hi pavan
i can just tell you that i had no issues with custom column sorting in webi with Enterprise XI 3.0 and Xcelsius 2008.
Best Regards
Ulrich

FBL5N Customer Namewise Sorting Needed

Dear Friends,
              In FBL5n , now Customer Codewise Sorting is coming. My Requirment is Customer Namewise Sorting.
both Customer Number and Name are in Header Level.

HEllo!
Please, read my explanation below:
The field NAME1 is not included in the tables BSEG and BSID/BSAD or in
the structures RFPOS and RFPOSX. Therefore, you will not be able to add
NAME1 to the line item display in FBL5N as a standard field or as a
special field (note 215798).
But, there is a workaround for this.
If you need NAME1 to be shown in the Line Item Display then you need to
add the field to the structures RFPOS and RFPOSX.
When the structure has been extended with the field then you need to
run the reports RFPOSXEXTEND and BALVBUFDEL (in the same way as seen in
the solution part in note 215798).
After that you need to use the Open FI Exit 1650 to fill the fields. You
will find a function group FI_ITEMS from transaction SE80. In this func-
tion group you will find a function module FI_ITEMS_DISPLAY where the
form ITEMS_DISPLAY_INIT includes the exits 1610 to 1650. The important
one for your problem is 1650 (OPEN_FI_PERFORM_00001650_E).
This exit is used if you want to display fields in e.g. FBL5N which
does not exist in the tables BSID/BSAD and also not in the customer
line item in BSEG.
Through this user exit it should be possible to get the value from the
relevant tables e.g. from other customer tables into structure RFPOSXEXT
if there is a relation between the relevant tables e.g. KNA1 to RFPOSX/
BSID.
Please also have a look at notes 112312 and 217189.
I hope this information clarifies your query ;D !
Regards,
REnan

How do I export my "manual sorting" of files to my new Adobe Bridge CC installation?

Hi all,
I'll try to explain my situation:
I have Adobe Bridge CC installed on my computer. I use the "manual sorting" to view and manage my files (mostly .eps/.psd).
I'm moving to Win8.1 and I don't want to loose my manual sorting. How do I save/export my manual sorting in order to import it on a new Bridge installation?
Thank you all in advance,
Francesco

I'm moving to Win8.1 and I don't want to loose my manual sorting.
Manual sorting is not meant for a permanent sort order nor is it designed to do so, when switching to a new window or other sort order you will loose the previous sort order. However there is a way to retrieve the last sort order used with a script Paul Riggott once wrote. But I'm not sure you can transport this sorting to a new system version because when you install a system from scratch you also need to recache the files for the Bridge Cache library. It might be possible to also copy the hidden file with the last sort order but that would mean a trial and error procedure.
Check this post, at the bottom is also a link for the site where you can get the script and how to install and use it:
http://forums.adobe.com/message/4748987#4748987
Personal I would use batch rename to keep the sort order safe. You can select all files in the content window and add a sequence number in front (with enough digits to match your number of files) of your existing filename. In this way you can easily resort your collection when your manual sorting is lost for whatever reason and also the files will have the correct sort order on your system folder also.

Batch of files manually sorted in Bridge - Can I run a PS Action in that manual order?

For some jobs my workflow ideally involves manually sorting the order of a batch of RAW files in Bridge (the RAW file names are as assigned by the camera) and then using a PS Action from Bridge to convert, save, and rename the batch of files. I want to end up with my image files sequentially numbered in the manually sorted order.
However, my PS Action automatically processes the files in ascending order of their RAW file names and therefore my manually assigned file order in Bridge is lost.
Is there a script (or other method) which will allow me to run a PS action from Bridge on a batch of files while keeping the manually sorted order for the purposes of the numbering sequence of the renamed output files?
My current workaround is to Batch Rename in Bridge a copied set of RAW files as an intermediate step to running my PS Action on the renamed RAW file copies. It's not a bad workaround but if there is an easier way, I would much appreciate knowing about it!
Geoff

Geoff, here is an example that works for me. When I test ran the sample script based on some stuff that I do the files are process in the order of the manual sort and only the files in my selection are processed folders etc are ignored… I have NO idea how much people charge for this sort of thing I only do it for the learning process. If you can let me know what the Photoshop process is and your OS I 'may' be able to help but I make NO promises as Im still very much the learner with this stuff…
You can give this a test if you like…
#target bridge
with (app.document) {
     if (sorts[0].type == 'user') {
          if (selections.length == 0) {
               selectAll();
               var userSel = selections;
               deselectAll();
          } else {
               var userSel = selections;
          for (var i = 0; i < userSel.length; i++) {
               if (userSel[i].type == 'file') psProcess(userSel[i].spec);
     } else {
           alert('This window is NOT a manual sort?')
function psProcess(filePath) {
     var psScript = 'while (app.documents.length) app.activeDocument.close(SaveOptions.PROMPTTOSAVECHANGES);' + '\n';
     psScript += 'var userDialogs = app.displayDialogs; \n';
     psScript += 'var userRulerUnits = app.preferences.rulerUnits; \n';
     psScript += 'app.diaplayDialogs = DialogModes.NO; \n';
     psScript += 'app.preferences.rulerUnits = Units.PIXELS; \n';
     psScript += 'app.bringToFront(); \n';
     // Pass File Object as toSource
     psScript += 'var thisFile = ' + filePath.toSource() + '; \n';
     psScript += 'var docRef = app.open(thisFile); \n';
     psScript += 'var baseName = docRef.name.slice(0, -4); \n';
     // Edit the document
     psScript += 'if (docRef.bitsPerChannel == BitsPerChannelType.SIXTEEN) docRef.bitsPerChannel = BitsPerChannelType.EIGHT; \n';
     psScript += 'if (docRef.mode != DocumentMode.RGB) docRef.changeMode(ChangeMode.RGB); \n';
     psScript += 'if (docRef.colorProfileName != "sRGB IEC61966-2.1") docRef.convertProfile("sRGB IEC61966-2.1", Intent.RELATIVECOLORIMETRIC); \n';
     psScript += 'docRef.flatten(); \n';
     // Call some functions
     psScript += 'processChannels(docRef); \n';
     psScript += 'processPaths(docRef); \n';
     psScript += 'if (docRef.pathItems.length >= 1) processSelection(docRef, 0); \n';
     psScript += 'fitImage(docRef, 880, 72); \n';
     psScript += 'docRef.resizeCanvas(900, 900, AnchorPosition.MIDDLECENTER); \n';
     // set up new file path to save document
     psScript += 'var newFilePath = new File("~/Desktop/" + baseName + ".jpg"); \n';
     psScript += 'saveFileasJPEG(newFilePath, 9); \n';
     //      Close doc & put back prefs
     psScript += 'app.activeDocument.close(SaveOptions.DONOTSAVECHANGES); \n';
     psScript += 'app.diaplayDialogs = userDialogs; \n';
     psScript += 'app.preferences.rulerUnits = userRulerUnits; \n';
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     psScript += 'eval' + processChannels.toSource(); + '; \n';
     psScript += 'eval' + processPaths.toSource(); + '; \n';
     psScript += 'eval' + processSelection.toSource(); + '; \n';
     psScript += 'eval' + fitImage.toSource(); + '; \n';
     //psScript += 'eval' + imageArea.toSource(); + '; \n';
     //psScript += 'eval' + saveFileasTIFF.toSource(); + '; \n';
     psScript += 'eval' + saveFileasJPEG.toSource(); + '; \n';
     // Send script to Photoshop
     btMessaging('photoshop', psScript);
General Functions
function btMessaging(targetApp, script) {
     var bt = new BridgeTalk();
     bt.target = targetApp;
     bt.body = script;
     bt.send();
function createFolder(folderPath) {
     var thisFolder = new Folder(folderPath);
     if (!thisFolder.exists) thisFolder.create();
Photoshop Functions
function processChannels(docRef) {
     for (var i = docRef.channels.length-1; i >= 0; i--) {
          if (docRef.channels[i].kind == ChannelType.MASKEDAREA) {
               docRef.channels[i].remove();
               continue;
          if (docRef.channels[i].kind == ChannelType.SELECTEDAREA) {
               docRef.channels[i].remove();
               continue;
          if (docRef.channels[i].kind == ChannelType.SPOTCOLOR) {
               docRef.channels[i].merge();
function processPaths(docRef) {
     if (docRef.pathItems.length >= 2) {
          for (var i = 0; i < docRef.pathItems.length; i++) {
               if (docRef.pathItems[i].kind == PathKind.CLIPPINGPATH) {
                    docRef.pathItems[i].makeClippingPath(0.5);
                    docRef.pathItems[i].makeSelection(0, true, SelectionType.REPLACE);
                    docRef.pathItems[i].deselect();
if (docRef.pathItems.length == 1) {
          if      (docRef.pathItems[0].kind == PathKind.WORKPATH) docRef.pathItems[0].name = 'Clipping Path'
          docRef.pathItems[0].makeClippingPath(0.5);
          docRef.pathItems[0].makeSelection(0, true, SelectionType.REPLACE);
          docRef.pathItems[0].deselect();
function processSelection(docRef, offSet) {
     if (docRef.layers[0].isBackgroundLayer) docRef.layers[0].isBackgroundLayer = false;
     docRef.selection.expand(offSet);
     docRef.selection.invert();
     docRef.activeLayer = docRef.layers[0];
     docRef.selection.clear();
     docRef.selection.deselect();
     docRef.trim(TrimType.TRANSPARENT, true, true, true, true);
     docRef.flatten();
function fitImage(docRef, newSize, newRes) {
if (docRef.width >= docRef.height) {
     docRef.resizeImage(newSize, undefined, newRes, ResampleMethod.BICUBICSMOOTHER);
else {
     docRef.resizeImage(undefined, newSize, newRes, ResampleMethod.BICUBICSMOOTHER);
function imageArea(docRef, newArea, newRes) {
var originalArea = docRef.width * docRef.height;
if (originalArea > newArea) {
     var newWidth = Math.sqrt(docRef.width * newArea / docRef.height);
     var newHeight = (docRef.height * newWidth / docRef.width);
     docRef.resizeImage(newWidth, newHeight, newRes, ResampleMethod.BICUBICSMOOTHER);
else {
     docRef.resizeImage(undefined, undefined, newRes, ResampleMethod.NONE);
function bitmapOptions(res) {
bitOptions = new BitmapConversionOptions();
     bitOptions.method = BitmapConversionType.HALFTHRESHOLD;
     bitOptions.resolution = res;
     bitOptions.shape = BitmapHalfToneType.SQUARE;
     return bitOptions;
Photoshop Save As Functions
function saveFileasTIFF(saveFile, aC, iC, la, sC, tr) {
     tiffSaveOptions = new TiffSaveOptions();
     tiffSaveOptions.alphaChannels = aC;
     tiffSaveOptions.byteOrder = ByteOrder.MACOS;
     tiffSaveOptions.embedColorProfile = true;
     tiffSaveOptions.imageCompression = iC;
     tiffSaveOptions.layers = la;
     tiffSaveOptions.spotColors = sC;
     tiffSaveOptions.transparency = tr;
     activeDocument.saveAs(saveFile, tiffSaveOptions, true, Extension.LOWERCASE);
function saveFileasJPEG(saveFile, qL) {
     jpgSaveOptions = new JPEGSaveOptions();
     jpgSaveOptions.embedColorProfile = true;
     jpgSaveOptions.formatOptions = FormatOptions.STANDARDBASELINE;
     jpgSaveOptions.matte = MatteType.NONE;
     jpgSaveOptions.quality = qL;
     activeDocument.saveAs(saveFile, jpgSaveOptions, true, Extension.LOWERCASE);

Sorting within iPhoto albums: eliminate carryover from prior manual sorts?

I am working with a large series of photos from a recent vacation, arranging the images for captioning and sharing as slideshows. I've pulled the images over to new albums, one per day, and would ideally sort them once by date, then change to manual sort and adjust a few images' position in the queue. But when I switch from date sort to manual sort, the images immediately revert to a relatively random-looking order that I think must be the order in which they were edited and then pulled into the finishing album. Since some of these albums include several hundred photos, the idea of starting over with completely manual sort of all of the images is VERY painful. Sorting them by date and then copying and dragging the sorted images to a new album, and then resetting to manual sort, reverts them to the same order they had in the previous album.
Any suggestions for how to fix the date sort some way, then do a fresh manual sort that leaves the date sort as my starting point?
(and is the question clear?)

Another thank you.
I could not figure out how to manually movie my photos & videos. "Manually" & "Reset manual" were greyed out in Smart Albums. So I deleted Smart Albums and just made an "Album." "Manually & "Reset manual" magically appeared un-greyed.
Took me awhile to figure out that you can only manually move the last picture or video.

IPhoto album slideshow will not play in the manually sorted order.

iPhoto Album slideshow will not play in the manually sorted order.

Use a regular slideshow created by "File > New Slideshow". These will play manually sorted. The instant slideshows cannot be played in a manual sort order.

Why is manual sort order disabled in album view

I created an album and added pictures. By default, the photos are displayed in sort order by date. I'd like to manually order them. However, when I select the sort order drop down box, the option to manually order the photos is disabled. How can I enable it or why is it disabled.

It is not available because you have yet to create a manual sort for that Album, and so there is no "Manual Sort" available. Create a manual sort manually (re-arrange the photos). Then the "Manual Sort" menu choice should become available.
The menu switches between the existing sorts.
I didn't design it. This makes sense to engineers, but not so much to users. Any time you manually re-arrange your images, the sort is automatically changed to "Manual". Aperture remembers the last manual sort; it is always available via the sort selector.

Trying to make a book - iPhoto changing the order of my manually sorted album. Help?

I'm trying to make a book from an album.
I have manually sorted the photos in the album and wanted autoflow to fill the book in.
However, when I create a new book from the album, iPhoto seems to re-order the photos by one of the other options (eg: by date.) If I change that sort option under view - sort, and switch it to manual, it wants me to manually re-sort based on the previous setting. I have already done my sorting in the album. Is there a configuration I can do that will get iPhoto to recognise that manual album order?
(iphoto 11 v9.2.1)

The only solution I've seen reported is to change the dates of the photos using the batch change command with a increment so the date sort will be the same as your manual sort - you can search the forum for one of these posts - and I do not remember how they proposed to undo the date change
LN

Customizing the sort order of a field

Hi,
I would like to sort the order of a group on values within a field rather than in eg. ascending order
eg.
I would like to sort the group by values in the Status field, so if the Status values are 'Open', 'Closed', 'Unresolvable' then I would like to order the data by
Status: Open
Status: Unresolveable
Status: Closed
How would I do this?
Thanks

Yes,
We can do it
http://winrichman.blogspot.com/2009/09/custom-dynamic-sort-in-bi-publisher.html
<?sort:(number(status='Open') * 1) + (number(status='Unresolveable') * 2) + (number(status='Closed') * 3);'ascending';data-type='number'?>Put this after the for-each statement
do change the status to the element name in you xml.

Slideshow under Albums start at the end when manually sorted

Mavericks and iPhoto 9.5.1. Slideshow under Albums start at the end when photos are manually sorted, this was not in the earlier version. When sorted by date the slideshow starts with the first photo.

This is a know problem with iPhoto 9.5.1. Report you problem to Apple via http://www.apple.com/feedback/iphoto.html.
Currently the only workaround is to create the slideshow in the iPhoto slideshow mode and not directly from an album or event.
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