Address book sort

[samearle]

Using outlook 2003. Trying to sort address book opend by clicking "to"
in an email on the "file as" option. Not working.

I've created an empty contacts folder in outlook 2003. All entries have
first name, last name, company and email address. The "file as" field
in each contact displays "COMPANY (LNAME, FNAME)".

I then did- Tools-> email accounts -> View or change -> Outlook add..
-> change-> show names by-> file as.

I even went through, deleting every address book, re-adding them and
starting from scratch both litereally and in the view or change tool.

Each time closing outlook and then restarting it.

All to no avail.

When I click the "to" button in an email, it still displays and is
sorted by "firstname lname".

Once I get this done, I then will need a VB snipit that will change all
contacts in a particular contact file to "file as" COMPANY (lname,
fname).

Thanks for any help you can give.

Sam

 

[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

You are truly one of a kind.
The method works for everyone else.
Retrace your steps and post them more accurately. Your post is pretty
unclear.

 

[samearle]

You are absolutly right, somehow - it worked. I read all your other
posts and somehow the steps worked! Maybe it populated through the
exchange server overnight? Maybe I'm an idiot. But thanks however it
worked.

2 NEW ISSUES:

1. I need to create a macro or VB script that will go through all the
contacts in an Outlook 2003 contact file and change the File As field
to "COMPANY(LNAME, FNAME)" from however they are chosen now.

2. I've created a new contact form and published it, it has extra
fields that I need. How do I get it to be the default used in a contact
file when I creater a new contact, view a contact or import group of
contacts?

Thanks for all your help.

Sam

PS - I'm buying the book soon!

 

[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

Can't help with the custom form, but here's the script to change the File
As... field:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;291144&Product=ol2002