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  #1  
Old December 9th 04, 04:19 PM
Dennis Boone
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Default Display Windows Address Book in Last Name Order

Does anyone know how to get the WinXP Pro Address Book to display its entries
by LastName, Firstname order? I'm using the MS Office Outlook 2003 Contacts
with WinXP Pro. The "File As" field in Outlook is set for Lastname,Firstname
order, but the Windows Address Book still displays some entries when
composing and email message in the firstname,lastname order rather than by
lastname,firstname order.
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  #2  
Old December 9th 04, 05:15 PM
Frank Saunders, MS-MVP, IE/OE
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View Sort by

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"Dennis Boone" wrote in message
...
Does anyone know how to get the WinXP Pro Address Book to display its
entries
by LastName, Firstname order? I'm using the MS Office Outlook 2003
Contacts
with WinXP Pro. The "File As" field in Outlook is set for
Lastname,Firstname
order, but the Windows Address Book still displays some entries when
composing and email message in the firstname,lastname order rather than by
lastname,firstname order.



  #3  
Old December 9th 04, 05:29 PM
Dennis Boone
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Default Display Windows Address Book in Last Name Order

There is no "Sort by" option on the "View" menu in WinXP.

"Frank Saunders, MS-MVP, IE/OE" wrote:

View Sort by

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"Dennis Boone" wrote in message
...
Does anyone know how to get the WinXP Pro Address Book to display its
entries
by LastName, Firstname order? I'm using the MS Office Outlook 2003
Contacts
with WinXP Pro. The "File As" field in Outlook is set for
Lastname,Firstname
order, but the Windows Address Book still displays some entries when
composing and email message in the firstname,lastname order rather than by
lastname,firstname order.




  #4  
Old December 9th 04, 08:58 PM
Bob I
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Default Display Windows Address Book in Last Name Order

Humm, and what is the version shown in Help, About?

Dennis Boone wrote:

There is no "Sort by" option on the "View" menu in WinXP.

"Frank Saunders, MS-MVP, IE/OE" wrote:


View Sort by

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"Dennis Boone" wrote in message
...

Does anyone know how to get the WinXP Pro Address Book to display its
entries
by LastName, Firstname order? I'm using the MS Office Outlook 2003
Contacts
with WinXP Pro. The "File As" field in Outlook is set for
Lastname,Firstname
order, but the Windows Address Book still displays some entries when
composing and email message in the firstname,lastname order rather than by
lastname,firstname order.




  #5  
Old December 9th 04, 09:09 PM
Ken Blake
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Default Display Windows Address Book in Last Name Order

In ,
Bob I typed:

Humm, and what is the version shown in Help, About?



I think the confusion here is that Dennis is using and asking
about Outlook 2003. Although he said "the WinXP Pro Address
Book," that's not what he meant, and that confused Frank.

--
Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
Please reply to the newsgroup


Dennis Boone wrote:

There is no "Sort by" option on the "View" menu in WinXP.

"Frank Saunders, MS-MVP, IE/OE" wrote:


View Sort by

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"Dennis Boone" wrote
in
message
...

Does anyone know how to get the WinXP Pro Address Book to
display
its entries
by LastName, Firstname order? I'm using the MS Office
Outlook 2003
Contacts
with WinXP Pro. The "File As" field in Outlook is set for
Lastname,Firstname
order, but the Windows Address Book still displays some
entries when
composing and email message in the firstname,lastname order
rather
than by lastname,firstname order.



  #6  
Old December 9th 04, 09:40 PM
Malke
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Default Display Windows Address Book in Last Name Order

Dennis Boone wrote:

There is no "Sort by" option on the "View" menu in WinXP.

The correct menu entry will be in your addressbook, not in a regular
Explorer window.

Malke
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  #7  
Old December 10th 04, 12:47 AM
Dennis Boone
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Default Display Windows Address Book in Last Name Order

Yes, I meant the WinXP Pro Address Book that is linked to the MS Office
Outlook 2003 Contacts. In the Outlook Contacts window, there is an address
book icon. When I click that or try to address an email, another Address
Book opens listing the names in firstname,lastname order (not the same order
as the Contacts address book).

My WinXP Pro version is 2002 with SP2. My MS Office Outlook 2003 version is
11.6359.6360 SP1. There is no "Sort by" option in the View menu of Outlook
2003 or in the Address Book window. Any more ideas as to how to fix? Thanks.

"Ken Blake" wrote:

In ,
Bob I typed:

Humm, and what is the version shown in Help, About?



I think the confusion here is that Dennis is using and asking
about Outlook 2003. Although he said "the WinXP Pro Address
Book," that's not what he meant, and that confused Frank.

--
Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
Please reply to the newsgroup


Dennis Boone wrote:

There is no "Sort by" option on the "View" menu in WinXP.

"Frank Saunders, MS-MVP, IE/OE" wrote:


View Sort by

--
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"Dennis Boone" wrote
in
message
...

Does anyone know how to get the WinXP Pro Address Book to
display
its entries
by LastName, Firstname order? I'm using the MS Office
Outlook 2003
Contacts
with WinXP Pro. The "File As" field in Outlook is set for
Lastname,Firstname
order, but the Windows Address Book still displays some
entries when
composing and email message in the firstname,lastname order
rather
than by lastname,firstname order.




  #8  
Old December 10th 04, 02:19 PM
Dennis Boone
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Default Display Windows Address Book in Last Name Order

Thanks, but no thanks. That's not the right answer either. WinXP address
book comes configured to display the names from the Contacts Folder in
Outlook 2003, if that is installed on the computer. It sounds to me like
Microsoft has done a poor job of integrating the two pieces of software so
that they work together properly. If Outlook lists names in alphabetical
order by lastname (which is the standard way of locating names in a
directory-type listing), then the Windows Address Book should be doing the
same thing also. In the Address Book Window, there is a field that says
"Display Names From" and the Outlook Contacts Folder can be selected (it is
on my computer). The names are not being displayed in the same manner as in
Outlook. I believe this is a "bug" Microsoft needs to fix.

"PA Bear" wrote:

If you have no ViewSort by in Windows Address Book, it's due to having
Address Book configured to share contacts with Outlook. I can tell you how
to disable sharing but then you wouldn't have access to Address Book in
Outlook.

Your call.
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE)


Dennis Boone wrote:
Yes, I meant the WinXP Pro Address Book that is linked to the MS Office
Outlook 2003 Contacts. In the Outlook Contacts window, there is an
address book icon. When I click that or try to address an email, another
Address Book opens listing the names in firstname,lastname order (not the
same order as the Contacts address book).

My WinXP Pro version is 2002 with SP2. My MS Office Outlook 2003 version
is
11.6359.6360 SP1. There is no "Sort by" option in the View menu of
Outlook 2003 or in the Address Book window. Any more ideas as to how to
fix? Thanks.

"Ken Blake" wrote:

In ,
Bob I typed:

Humm, and what is the version shown in Help, About?


I think the confusion here is that Dennis is using and asking
about Outlook 2003. Although he said "the WinXP Pro Address
Book," that's not what he meant, and that confused Frank.

--
Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
Please reply to the newsgroup


Dennis Boone wrote:

There is no "Sort by" option on the "View" menu in WinXP.

"Frank Saunders, MS-MVP, IE/OE" wrote:


View Sort by

--
Frank Saunders, MS-MVP, IE/OE
Please respond in Newsgroup. Do not send email
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"Dennis Boone" wrote
in
message
...

Does anyone know how to get the WinXP Pro Address Book to
display
its entries
by LastName, Firstname order? I'm using the MS Office
Outlook 2003
Contacts
with WinXP Pro. The "File As" field in Outlook is set for
Lastname,Firstname
order, but the Windows Address Book still displays some
entries when
composing and email message in the firstname,lastname order
rather
than by lastname,firstname order.



  #9  
Old December 10th 04, 02:23 PM
Dennis Boone
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Default Display Windows Address Book in Last Name Order

Who said anything about an Explorer window. I'm talking about MS Office
Outlook 2003 and WinXP Pro Address Book.

"Malke" wrote:

Dennis Boone wrote:

There is no "Sort by" option on the "View" menu in WinXP.

The correct menu entry will be in your addressbook, not in a regular
Explorer window.

Malke
--
MS MVP - Windows Shell/User
Elephant Boy Computers
www.elephantboycomputers.com
"Don't Panic!"

  #10  
Old December 10th 04, 02:31 PM
Dennis Boone
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Default Display Windows Address Book in Last Name Order

There is no View | Sort by option in the Address Book. If you're using WinXP
Pro with MS Office Outllook 2003, do the following:

1. Open Outlook, click on you inbox, and then click New to compose a new
email message.
2. Click the "To" link to open the WinXP Address Book. When the list of
names appear it should be listing names from the Outlook Contacts Folder
(which are filed in lastname, firstname order). Make sure the Address Book
has "Contacts" in the Display Names From field.
3. You'll see that some of the names are not displayed in the Address Book
(not the Contacts Folder) in lastname,firstname order, makinng it difficult
to locate names for address an email message.

How do I get those names in the Windows Address Book to display in the same
sort order as in the Outlook Contacts Folder? That's my problem.

"Frank Saunders, MS-MVP, IE/OE" wrote:

Okay.
In the Address Book click View | Sort by

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"Dennis Boone" wrote in message
...
There is no "Sort by" option on the "View" menu in WinXP.

"Frank Saunders, MS-MVP, IE/OE" wrote:

View Sort by

--
Frank Saunders, MS-MVP, IE/OE




  #11  
Old December 10th 04, 02:35 PM
Dennis Boone
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Default Display Windows Address Book in Last Name Order

Is this reversible? If the Address Book does not share Contacts with
Outlook, will Outllook get its information for addressing email messages from
the Contacts folder? If so, then perhaps that will solve the problem. But I
need to know if that is reversible if it does not. So how do I disable the
sharing between Windows Address Book and Outlook Contacts?

"PA Bear" wrote:

If you have no ViewSort by in Windows Address Book, it's due to having
Address Book configured to share contacts with Outlook. I can tell you how
to disable sharing but then you wouldn't have access to Address Book in
Outlook.

Your call.
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE)


Dennis Boone wrote:
Yes, I meant the WinXP Pro Address Book that is linked to the MS Office
Outlook 2003 Contacts. In the Outlook Contacts window, there is an
address book icon. When I click that or try to address an email, another
Address Book opens listing the names in firstname,lastname order (not the
same order as the Contacts address book).

My WinXP Pro version is 2002 with SP2. My MS Office Outlook 2003 version
is
11.6359.6360 SP1. There is no "Sort by" option in the View menu of
Outlook 2003 or in the Address Book window. Any more ideas as to how to
fix? Thanks.

"Ken Blake" wrote:

In ,
Bob I typed:

Humm, and what is the version shown in Help, About?


I think the confusion here is that Dennis is using and asking
about Outlook 2003. Although he said "the WinXP Pro Address
Book," that's not what he meant, and that confused Frank.

--
Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
Please reply to the newsgroup


Dennis Boone wrote:

There is no "Sort by" option on the "View" menu in WinXP.

"Frank Saunders, MS-MVP, IE/OE" wrote:


View Sort by

--
Frank Saunders, MS-MVP, IE/OE
Please respond in Newsgroup. Do not send email
http://www.fjsmjs.com
Protect your PC
http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect/


"Dennis Boone" wrote
in
message
...

Does anyone know how to get the WinXP Pro Address Book to
display
its entries
by LastName, Firstname order? I'm using the MS Office
Outlook 2003
Contacts
with WinXP Pro. The "File As" field in Outlook is set for
Lastname,Firstname
order, but the Windows Address Book still displays some
entries when
composing and email message in the firstname,lastname order
rather
than by lastname,firstname order.



  #12  
Old December 11th 04, 02:36 AM
PA Bear
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Default Display Windows Address Book in Last Name Order

It might not be the answer you *want* but, it's how things are, Dennis.
Life will be much more enjoyable if you learn what an application *does* and
work within its parameters instead of trying to make it do what you expect
it should do.

If you want to disable sharing:

Navigate to this Registry key...

HKEY_CURRENT_USER
\Software
\Microsoft
\WAB
\WAB4

In right-pane, there should be a DWORD named UseOutlook with a value of 1
(one). Change the value to 0 (zero) and sharing is disabled.

(If that DWORD is not present, don't create it, and don't alter any other
DWORD values.)

Note that any changes (additions, deletions, edits) made while sharing was
enabled will not be available (displayed) in Address Book when sharing is
disabled.

You can export a CSV file from Address Book (FileExportother address book)
which can then be imported in Outlook.

cf. http://www.insideoe.com/files/wab.htm#share
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE)

Posting and You
http://www.trials-shack.co.uk/posting.html


Dennis Boone wrote:
Thanks, but no thanks. That's not the right answer either. WinXP address
book comes configured to display the names from the Contacts Folder in
Outlook 2003, if that is installed on the computer. It sounds to me like
Microsoft has done a poor job of integrating the two pieces of software so
that they work together properly. If Outlook lists names in alphabetical
order by lastname (which is the standard way of locating names in a
directory-type listing), then the Windows Address Book should be doing the
same thing also. In the Address Book Window, there is a field that says
"Display Names From" and the Outlook Contacts Folder can be selected (it
is
on my computer). The names are not being displayed in the same manner as
in
Outlook. I believe this is a "bug" Microsoft needs to fix.

"PA Bear" wrote:

If you have no ViewSort by in Windows Address Book, it's due to having
Address Book configured to share contacts with Outlook. I can tell you
how
to disable sharing but then you wouldn't have access to Address Book in
Outlook.

Your call.
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE)


Dennis Boone wrote:
Yes, I meant the WinXP Pro Address Book that is linked to the MS Office
Outlook 2003 Contacts. In the Outlook Contacts window, there is an
address book icon. When I click that or try to address an email,
another
Address Book opens listing the names in firstname,lastname order (not
the
same order as the Contacts address book).

My WinXP Pro version is 2002 with SP2. My MS Office Outlook 2003
version
is
11.6359.6360 SP1. There is no "Sort by" option in the View menu of
Outlook 2003 or in the Address Book window. Any more ideas as to how to
fix? Thanks.

"Ken Blake" wrote:

In ,
Bob I typed:

Humm, and what is the version shown in Help, About?


I think the confusion here is that Dennis is using and asking
about Outlook 2003. Although he said "the WinXP Pro Address
Book," that's not what he meant, and that confused Frank.

--
Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
Please reply to the newsgroup


Dennis Boone wrote:

There is no "Sort by" option on the "View" menu in WinXP.

"Frank Saunders, MS-MVP, IE/OE" wrote:


View Sort by

--
Frank Saunders, MS-MVP, IE/OE
Please respond in Newsgroup. Do not send email
http://www.fjsmjs.com
Protect your PC
http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect/


"Dennis Boone" wrote
in
message
...

Does anyone know how to get the WinXP Pro Address Book to
display
its entries
by LastName, Firstname order? I'm using the MS Office
Outlook 2003
Contacts
with WinXP Pro. The "File As" field in Outlook is set for
Lastname,Firstname
order, but the Windows Address Book still displays some
entries when
composing and email message in the firstname,lastname order
rather
than by lastname,firstname order.


  #13  
Old December 13th 04, 02:39 PM
Dennis Boone
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Default Display Windows Address Book in Last Name Order

I respectfully disagree. Applications are suppose to be designed to help the
users be more productive and make their computing experience easier and "more
enjoyable" as you suggest. But when computer programmers only design the
apps to work within their "parameters" instead of designing them to be more
useful to the people who will ultimately use them, then they have completely
missed the boat. A user should not have to go deep into the bowels of an
application or the operationg system to do something as simple as displaying
how informaton is viewed. If the Outlook Contacts app enables the user to
change how its entries are filed and displayed withot having to change the
Windows Registry, then certainly the Windows Address Book can be programmed
to do the same thing. When are programmers going to learn that applications
should be developed with the users' functional needs in mind rather than
their own?

"PA Bear" wrote:

It might not be the answer you *want* but, it's how things are, Dennis.
Life will be much more enjoyable if you learn what an application *does* and
work within its parameters instead of trying to make it do what you expect
it should do.

If you want to disable sharing:

Navigate to this Registry key...

HKEY_CURRENT_USER
\Software
\Microsoft
\WAB
\WAB4

In right-pane, there should be a DWORD named UseOutlook with a value of 1
(one). Change the value to 0 (zero) and sharing is disabled.

(If that DWORD is not present, don't create it, and don't alter any other
DWORD values.)

Note that any changes (additions, deletions, edits) made while sharing was
enabled will not be available (displayed) in Address Book when sharing is
disabled.

You can export a CSV file from Address Book (FileExportother address book)
which can then be imported in Outlook.

cf. http://www.insideoe.com/files/wab.htm#share
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE)

Posting and You
http://www.trials-shack.co.uk/posting.html


Dennis Boone wrote:
Thanks, but no thanks. That's not the right answer either. WinXP address
book comes configured to display the names from the Contacts Folder in
Outlook 2003, if that is installed on the computer. It sounds to me like
Microsoft has done a poor job of integrating the two pieces of software so
that they work together properly. If Outlook lists names in alphabetical
order by lastname (which is the standard way of locating names in a
directory-type listing), then the Windows Address Book should be doing the
same thing also. In the Address Book Window, there is a field that says
"Display Names From" and the Outlook Contacts Folder can be selected (it
is
on my computer). The names are not being displayed in the same manner as
in
Outlook. I believe this is a "bug" Microsoft needs to fix.

"PA Bear" wrote:

If you have no ViewSort by in Windows Address Book, it's due to having
Address Book configured to share contacts with Outlook. I can tell you
how
to disable sharing but then you wouldn't have access to Address Book in
Outlook.

Your call.
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE)


Dennis Boone wrote:
Yes, I meant the WinXP Pro Address Book that is linked to the MS Office
Outlook 2003 Contacts. In the Outlook Contacts window, there is an
address book icon. When I click that or try to address an email,
another
Address Book opens listing the names in firstname,lastname order (not
the
same order as the Contacts address book).

My WinXP Pro version is 2002 with SP2. My MS Office Outlook 2003
version
is
11.6359.6360 SP1. There is no "Sort by" option in the View menu of
Outlook 2003 or in the Address Book window. Any more ideas as to how to
fix? Thanks.

"Ken Blake" wrote:

In ,
Bob I typed:

Humm, and what is the version shown in Help, About?


I think the confusion here is that Dennis is using and asking
about Outlook 2003. Although he said "the WinXP Pro Address
Book," that's not what he meant, and that confused Frank.

--
Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
Please reply to the newsgroup


Dennis Boone wrote:

There is no "Sort by" option on the "View" menu in WinXP.

"Frank Saunders, MS-MVP, IE/OE" wrote:


View Sort by

--
Frank Saunders, MS-MVP, IE/OE
Please respond in Newsgroup. Do not send email
http://www.fjsmjs.com
Protect your PC
http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect/


"Dennis Boone" wrote
in
message
...

Does anyone know how to get the WinXP Pro Address Book to
display
its entries
by LastName, Firstname order? I'm using the MS Office
Outlook 2003
Contacts
with WinXP Pro. The "File As" field in Outlook is set for
Lastname,Firstname
order, but the Windows Address Book still displays some
entries when
composing and email message in the firstname,lastname order
rather
than by lastname,firstname order.



  #14  
Old December 13th 04, 02:45 PM
Dennis Boone
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Default Display Windows Address Book in Last Name Order

Question for you: If I disable sharing between the Windows Address Book and
Outlook Contacts, when I go to address an email message using Outlook, where
will Outlook get its list of names to display to to me and will those names
be displayed in lastname, firstname order (i.e. in the same order as I
currently have them filed).

Dennis

"PA Bear" wrote:

It might not be the answer you *want* but, it's how things are, Dennis.
Life will be much more enjoyable if you learn what an application *does* and
work within its parameters instead of trying to make it do what you expect
it should do.

If you want to disable sharing:

Navigate to this Registry key...

HKEY_CURRENT_USER
\Software
\Microsoft
\WAB
\WAB4

In right-pane, there should be a DWORD named UseOutlook with a value of 1
(one). Change the value to 0 (zero) and sharing is disabled.

(If that DWORD is not present, don't create it, and don't alter any other
DWORD values.)

Note that any changes (additions, deletions, edits) made while sharing was
enabled will not be available (displayed) in Address Book when sharing is
disabled.

You can export a CSV file from Address Book (FileExportother address book)
which can then be imported in Outlook.

cf. http://www.insideoe.com/files/wab.htm#share
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE)

Posting and You
http://www.trials-shack.co.uk/posting.html


Dennis Boone wrote:
Thanks, but no thanks. That's not the right answer either. WinXP address
book comes configured to display the names from the Contacts Folder in
Outlook 2003, if that is installed on the computer. It sounds to me like
Microsoft has done a poor job of integrating the two pieces of software so
that they work together properly. If Outlook lists names in alphabetical
order by lastname (which is the standard way of locating names in a
directory-type listing), then the Windows Address Book should be doing the
same thing also. In the Address Book Window, there is a field that says
"Display Names From" and the Outlook Contacts Folder can be selected (it
is
on my computer). The names are not being displayed in the same manner as
in
Outlook. I believe this is a "bug" Microsoft needs to fix.

"PA Bear" wrote:

If you have no ViewSort by in Windows Address Book, it's due to having
Address Book configured to share contacts with Outlook. I can tell you
how
to disable sharing but then you wouldn't have access to Address Book in
Outlook.

Your call.
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE)


Dennis Boone wrote:
Yes, I meant the WinXP Pro Address Book that is linked to the MS Office
Outlook 2003 Contacts. In the Outlook Contacts window, there is an
address book icon. When I click that or try to address an email,
another
Address Book opens listing the names in firstname,lastname order (not
the
same order as the Contacts address book).

My WinXP Pro version is 2002 with SP2. My MS Office Outlook 2003
version
is
11.6359.6360 SP1. There is no "Sort by" option in the View menu of
Outlook 2003 or in the Address Book window. Any more ideas as to how to
fix? Thanks.

"Ken Blake" wrote:

In ,
Bob I typed:

Humm, and what is the version shown in Help, About?


I think the confusion here is that Dennis is using and asking
about Outlook 2003. Although he said "the WinXP Pro Address
Book," that's not what he meant, and that confused Frank.

--
Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
Please reply to the newsgroup


Dennis Boone wrote:

There is no "Sort by" option on the "View" menu in WinXP.

"Frank Saunders, MS-MVP, IE/OE" wrote:


View Sort by

--
Frank Saunders, MS-MVP, IE/OE
Please respond in Newsgroup. Do not send email
http://www.fjsmjs.com
Protect your PC
http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect/


"Dennis Boone" wrote
in
message
...

Does anyone know how to get the WinXP Pro Address Book to
display
its entries
by LastName, Firstname order? I'm using the MS Office
Outlook 2003
Contacts
with WinXP Pro. The "File As" field in Outlook is set for
Lastname,Firstname
order, but the Windows Address Book still displays some
entries when
composing and email message in the firstname,lastname order
rather
than by lastname,firstname order.



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Old December 13th 04, 04:21 PM
Frank Saunders, MS-MVP, IE/OE
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Default Display Windows Address Book in Last Name Order

Sharing means that OE is using Outlook's contacts. If you disable sharing
Outlook will still have them but OE won't.

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"Dennis Boone" wrote in message
...
Question for you: If I disable sharing between the Windows Address Book
and
Outlook Contacts, when I go to address an email message using Outlook,
where
will Outlook get its list of names to display to to me and will those
names
be displayed in lastname, firstname order (i.e. in the same order as I
currently have them filed).

Dennis

"PA Bear" wrote:

It might not be the answer you *want* but, it's how things are, Dennis.
Life will be much more enjoyable if you learn what an application *does*
and
work within its parameters instead of trying to make it do what you
expect
it should do.

If you want to disable sharing:

Navigate to this Registry key...

HKEY_CURRENT_USER
\Software
\Microsoft
\WAB
\WAB4

In right-pane, there should be a DWORD named UseOutlook with a value of 1
(one). Change the value to 0 (zero) and sharing is disabled.

(If that DWORD is not present, don't create it, and don't alter any other
DWORD values.)

Note that any changes (additions, deletions, edits) made while sharing
was
enabled will not be available (displayed) in Address Book when sharing is
disabled.

You can export a CSV file from Address Book (FileExportother address
book)
which can then be imported in Outlook.

cf. http://www.insideoe.com/files/wab.htm#share
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Dennis Boone wrote:
Thanks, but no thanks. That's not the right answer either. WinXP
address
book comes configured to display the names from the Contacts Folder in
Outlook 2003, if that is installed on the computer. It sounds to me
like
Microsoft has done a poor job of integrating the two pieces of software
so
that they work together properly. If Outlook lists names in
alphabetical
order by lastname (which is the standard way of locating names in a
directory-type listing), then the Windows Address Book should be doing
the
same thing also. In the Address Book Window, there is a field that
says
"Display Names From" and the Outlook Contacts Folder can be selected
(it
is
on my computer). The names are not being displayed in the same manner
as
in
Outlook. I believe this is a "bug" Microsoft needs to fix.

"PA Bear" wrote:

If you have no ViewSort by in Windows Address Book, it's due to
having
Address Book configured to share contacts with Outlook. I can tell
you
how
to disable sharing but then you wouldn't have access to Address Book
in
Outlook.

Your call.
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Dennis Boone wrote:
Yes, I meant the WinXP Pro Address Book that is linked to the MS
Office
Outlook 2003 Contacts. In the Outlook Contacts window, there is an
address book icon. When I click that or try to address an email,
another
Address Book opens listing the names in firstname,lastname order (not
the
same order as the Contacts address book).

My WinXP Pro version is 2002 with SP2. My MS Office Outlook 2003
version
is
11.6359.6360 SP1. There is no "Sort by" option in the View menu of
Outlook 2003 or in the Address Book window. Any more ideas as to how
to
fix? Thanks.

"Ken Blake" wrote:

In ,
Bob I typed:

Humm, and what is the version shown in Help, About?


I think the confusion here is that Dennis is using and asking
about Outlook 2003. Although he said "the WinXP Pro Address
Book," that's not what he meant, and that confused Frank.

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Dennis Boone wrote:

There is no "Sort by" option on the "View" menu in WinXP.

"Frank Saunders, MS-MVP, IE/OE" wrote:


View Sort by

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"Dennis Boone" wrote
in
message
...

Does anyone know how to get the WinXP Pro Address Book to
display
its entries
by LastName, Firstname order? I'm using the MS Office
Outlook 2003
Contacts
with WinXP Pro. The "File As" field in Outlook is set for
Lastname,Firstname
order, but the Windows Address Book still displays some
entries when
composing and email message in the firstname,lastname order
rather
than by lastname,firstname order.





 




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