Zen Micro Playlist Quest

So, for my micro, i use the organizer to transfer songs. After i transfer songs from my pc to my zen, i sometimes want to transfer some of those songs into a self-made playlist. but the songs in the playlist seems to be in the order i put them in, not in alphabetical order. is there any way i can reorder my playlist so the songs are listed in alpha order?
It might be simple, and it might be right in front of my eyes, but eh.
thanks

I had a quick look at ZMME and couldn't see a way of editing playlists. I didn't browse the player through Explorer though, I used the stand-alone version.

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