You didn't say what version of Outlook you're using or what the address list sort order currently is. It's pretty obvious, I think, that if you want it to search your personal contacts first, that list needs to be at the top of the search order.

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"sherrycp" wrote in message ...
I used to be able to type in the To: field a person's name. If it was someone
at my company it pulled up their address (making the name and bold and
underlining it) from the global directory and if it was a family member and I
typed just a nickname, it pulled their address from the personal address
book. Then when I just got my new BlackBerry, my Outlook wouldn't recognize
names I added using the BlackBerry lookup function. To fix that I had to
change the order of my address books (under Tools, Services, Addressing)..But
now when I type a nickname it won't search my personal address book without
me taking more steps to actually choose the personal list.

Does anyone know a way to get me back where I used to be?