In the interim, I ended up having to rename the list, which eventually
worked, thank you, but I had to restart Outlook. I've noticed that this is
almost always true when I make changes in Outlook. Perhaps you could add
that as a final step when suggesting changes. Once (for another Outlook
problem) I had to completely reboot the machine.

But thanks, it worked, finally.

"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

Go to Tools Account Settings Address Book Tab Outlook Address Book
Change... Set sort order there

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Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"MTLincoln54" wrote in message
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How do I get the address book to sort on Last Name, which makes sense,
instead of by first name, which does not? When I open the address book to
choose a recipient, either for email or mail merge, it lists by first
name.
I have tried removing and shifting fields in Contacts, which doesn't help,
so
even though the phone list is sorted by File As (in alpha. order A to Z),
the
address book itself persists in listing by first name.

TIA