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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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-- 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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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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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 -- 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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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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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!" |
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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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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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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!" |
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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 -- 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 ... 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 |
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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. |
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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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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. |
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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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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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