Within the Timeline or Interlinear Viewer, you can rearrange the order in which the tiers are displayed. Just drag the tier label to its new location. The tiers will be displayed in the new order.

Figure 109. Rearranging the order of tiers

If you exit the document, ELAN will save the order of tiers in the following way: first, all activated tiers (in the order as they appear in the Timeline or Interlinear Viewer), followed by all non-activated tiers in alphabetical order.