Help:Reverse Outline Group

Problem

When inserting an outline group into a spreadsheet, the default behaviour is to put the expansion icon at the bottom of the rows to be grouped.

What is needed is to reverse this so that the expansion icon is at the top.

This problem also applies to columns where the expansion icon is at the right when you prefer it to be on the left of the columns being grouped.

Solution

To fix the problem, use the advanced options callout button on the Outline Group.

That is the tiny button in the bottom right that opens additional options

This will open a "Settings" dialog box

Uncheck Summary rows below details or
Uncheck Summary columns to the right of detail

as needed

Caveats

This will not preserve the direction of existing groups.

The option setting is all or none, therefore, you can't mix directions.

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