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Address Book in Outlook 2007
I have all of my contacts in Office 2007 setup as Last Name, First Name
format. They all appear exactly the way I want them even in my PDA. However, in my address book, they are showing up as First Name, Last Name format. A few of them do show up as Last name, First Name format. I cannot find any way to fix the address book so it will display the contacts in Last Name, First Name format. -- Regards, VIQ. |
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Address Book in Outlook 2007
The most frequent question asked about the Outlook Address Book is "why
won't it sort the way I told it to?" Simple answer. Even though we all know that our Outlook Address Book is simply a view of our Contacts, Microsoft did not configure it to abide by the settings we chose for our Contacts. Instead, they hid the sort settings for the Outlook Address Book where no one could ever find them. Depending on your version and mail support mode of Outlook, you can sort the Outlook Address Book this way: Go to Tools Account Settings Address Book Tab Outlook Address Book Change... Set sort order there Note that your options are only to sort by "First, Last" or by "File As." So if you want your Outlook Address Book to sort by "Last, First," or by "Company" you must have your Contacts' File As fields configured that way. -- Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] "VIQ" wrote in message ... I have all of my contacts in Office 2007 setup as Last Name, First Name format. They all appear exactly the way I want them even in my PDA. However, in my address book, they are showing up as First Name, Last Name format. A few of them do show up as Last name, First Name format. I cannot find any way to fix the address book so it will display the contacts in Last Name, First Name format. -- Regards, VIQ. |
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Russ,
Thanks for your prompt response. I followed your instructions to the letter and it didn't resolve the issue. In each Contact, I have "everything" configured as Last Name, First Name format. When I click on the Address Book icon in Outlook, the Name field is still in First Name, Last Name format. The Display Name field is however in LN, FN format. But when I am searching for an email address, it searches in the Name field which formatted in FN LN format. Hence the problem. -- Regards, VIQ. "Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote: The most frequent question asked about the Outlook Address Book is "why won't it sort the way I told it to?" Simple answer. Even though we all know that our Outlook Address Book is simply a view of our Contacts, Microsoft did not configure it to abide by the settings we chose for our Contacts. Instead, they hid the sort settings for the Outlook Address Book where no one could ever find them. Depending on your version and mail support mode of Outlook, you can sort the Outlook Address Book this way: Go to Tools Account Settings Address Book Tab Outlook Address Book Change... Set sort order there Note that your options are only to sort by "First, Last" or by "File As." So if you want your Outlook Address Book to sort by "Last, First," or by "Company" you must have your Contacts' File As fields configured that way. -- Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] "VIQ" wrote in message ... I have all of my contacts in Office 2007 setup as Last Name, First Name format. They all appear exactly the way I want them even in my PDA. However, in my address book, they are showing up as First Name, Last Name format. A few of them do show up as Last name, First Name format. I cannot find any way to fix the address book so it will display the contacts in Last Name, First Name format. -- Regards, VIQ. |
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Address Book in Outlook 2007
These instructions work. Did you restart the address book?
-- Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] "VIQ" wrote in message ... Russ, Thanks for your prompt response. I followed your instructions to the letter and it didn't resolve the issue. In each Contact, I have "everything" configured as Last Name, First Name format. When I click on the Address Book icon in Outlook, the Name field is still in First Name, Last Name format. The Display Name field is however in LN, FN format. But when I am searching for an email address, it searches in the Name field which formatted in FN LN format. Hence the problem. -- Regards, VIQ. "Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote: The most frequent question asked about the Outlook Address Book is "why won't it sort the way I told it to?" Simple answer. Even though we all know that our Outlook Address Book is simply a view of our Contacts, Microsoft did not configure it to abide by the settings we chose for our Contacts. Instead, they hid the sort settings for the Outlook Address Book where no one could ever find them. Depending on your version and mail support mode of Outlook, you can sort the Outlook Address Book this way: Go to Tools Account Settings Address Book Tab Outlook Address Book Change... Set sort order there Note that your options are only to sort by "First, Last" or by "File As." So if you want your Outlook Address Book to sort by "Last, First," or by "Company" you must have your Contacts' File As fields configured that way. -- Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] "VIQ" wrote in message ... I have all of my contacts in Office 2007 setup as Last Name, First Name format. They all appear exactly the way I want them even in my PDA. However, in my address book, they are showing up as First Name, Last Name format. A few of them do show up as Last name, First Name format. I cannot find any way to fix the address book so it will display the contacts in Last Name, First Name format. -- Regards, VIQ. |
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Russ,
I am sorry. I did restart Outlook and then it is now showing the names in LN, FN format. Thanks for your help. -- Regards, VIQ. "Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote: These instructions work. Did you restart the address book? -- Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] "VIQ" wrote in message ... Russ, Thanks for your prompt response. I followed your instructions to the letter and it didn't resolve the issue. In each Contact, I have "everything" configured as Last Name, First Name format. When I click on the Address Book icon in Outlook, the Name field is still in First Name, Last Name format. The Display Name field is however in LN, FN format. But when I am searching for an email address, it searches in the Name field which formatted in FN LN format. Hence the problem. -- Regards, VIQ. "Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote: The most frequent question asked about the Outlook Address Book is "why won't it sort the way I told it to?" Simple answer. Even though we all know that our Outlook Address Book is simply a view of our Contacts, Microsoft did not configure it to abide by the settings we chose for our Contacts. Instead, they hid the sort settings for the Outlook Address Book where no one could ever find them. Depending on your version and mail support mode of Outlook, you can sort the Outlook Address Book this way: Go to Tools Account Settings Address Book Tab Outlook Address Book Change... Set sort order there Note that your options are only to sort by "First, Last" or by "File As." So if you want your Outlook Address Book to sort by "Last, First," or by "Company" you must have your Contacts' File As fields configured that way. -- Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] "VIQ" wrote in message ... I have all of my contacts in Office 2007 setup as Last Name, First Name format. They all appear exactly the way I want them even in my PDA. However, in my address book, they are showing up as First Name, Last Name format. A few of them do show up as Last name, First Name format. I cannot find any way to fix the address book so it will display the contacts in Last Name, First Name format. -- Regards, VIQ. |
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