Sorting Albums and Folders

Is there a way to sort albums and/or folders (such as by alphabet) other than manually moving them into the order you want?
Also, regarding difference between an album and a folder, am I correct that a folder may hold several albums but an album cannot hold another album or folder? Please distinguish the two and their differences for me.
Thanks for your help.
Vernon

in the source pane on the left right click and choose "sort albums" to sort them Alpha - which is the only choice - and there is no undo so be sure you want that
albums hold photos - folders hold either albums or other folders but not photos
LN

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