Lets make it less vague.

a) I want to send someone an email
b) I click the "new" icon
c) I click "to"
d) a dialog box of contacts appears, colums, Name, Display Name, E-mail
Address

In the contact properties, Name = Full name, there is also File as, and
Display as

Search has radio buttons Name and All Fields

If one clicks All Fields, I would assume that one would be able to search
all fields in the contact. But I can't

"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

Post too vague to comprehend.
Searches are conducted in Contacts Folders, not the address book view.
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Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
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address book: contacts window

Looking for a contact, cannot find by name. works for microsoft. select
all
fields, type in microsoft, no search results though I can SEE contacts
with
@microsoft.com in their email.

So all fields, evidently does not include the email address itself, which
is
dumb, and unexpected