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Display Windows Address Book in Last Name Order
Frank,
No wonder you've misunderstood me. I'm not using OE (Outlook Express). I'm using MS Office Outlook 2003. "Frank Saunders, MS-MVP, IE/OE" wrote: Sharing means that OE is using Outlook's contacts. If you disable sharing Outlook will still have them but OE won't. -- 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 ... 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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