@Orlando I'm just a level 9 idiot I guess,  I want to save a view with the 'client status' being the trigger. like i want it to sort by "to client',,,,, but just have them first and all the other clients listed below them.  i've tried for hours....I did those custom views (several) every year, as soon as i loaded the program and started doing returns.  This 'stupid progress'  just baffles me as to how anyone could think this is better than before. i just want to live in a world where Intuit would work on things that are wrong instead of messing up things that are right.