diff --git a/slurm-eff-tool.py b/slurm-eff-tool.py
index 87cfaf6..fadaba5 100755
--- a/slurm-eff-tool.py
+++ b/slurm-eff-tool.py
@@ -81,6 +81,38 @@ ALL_COLUMNS = [
     "jobname",
 ]
 
+PRESET_COLUMNS = {
+    "default": [
+        "username",
+        "JobID",
+        "Count",
+        "NTasks",
+        "CPUs",
+        "Nodes",
+        "CPU_Eff",
+        "waste_CPU",
+        "AllocMem",
+        "UsedMem",
+        "MaxRSS_max",
+        "MemPerCPU",
+        "Mem_Eff",
+        "waste_Mem",
+        "ReqWalltime",
+        "Walltime",
+        "Walltime_max",
+        "Time_Eff",
+        "jobname",],
+    "all": ALL_COLUMNS,
+    "eff": [
+        "username",
+        "JobID",
+        "Count",
+        "CPU_Eff",
+        "Mem_Eff",
+        "Time_Eff",
+        "jobname",],
+}
+
 # One-character aliases for sorting and output format specifications.
 ALIASES = {
     "u": "username",
@@ -972,6 +1004,8 @@ def parse_args(argv: list[str]) -> argparse.Namespace:
     )
     p.add_argument("--expr", help="arithmetic expression using column names",
                    default=None)
+    p.add_argument("-p", "--preset", help=f"use one of several preset output column formats ({','.join(PRESET_COLUMNS.keys())})",
+                   default=None)
 
     args = p.parse_args(argv)
 
@@ -989,7 +1023,9 @@ def main(argv: list[str] | None = None) -> int:
 
     args = parse_args(argv or sys.argv[1:])
 
-    output_columns = ALL_COLUMNS
+    output_columns = PRESET_COLUMNS["default"]
+    if args.preset:
+        output_columns = PRESET_COLUMNS[args.preset]
     if args.format:
         output_columns = columns_from_fmtstr(args.format)