Address book

[Johnwright]

Version: 2008
Operating System: Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard)
Processor: Intel
Email Client: pop

How do I arrange my addresses by people's first name in the Entourage address book alphabetically - which is my preference

 

[Mickey Stevens]

On your computer, go to /Applications/AppleScript/, and open Script Editor.
Paste the following in, and then click "Run" on the toolbar. When it's
done, open your address Book, and go to View > Columns > Custom 3 (or
whichever). Then, click the "Custom 3" column header to sort alphabetically
by first name.

-- Based on a script by Paul Berkowitz
tell application "Microsoft Entourage"
set allContacts to every contact
repeat with aContact in my allContacts
tell aContact
set fName to first name
set its custom field three to fName -- any number one through eight
end tell
end repeat
beep
activate
display dialog "All done!" buttons {"OK"} default button 1 with icon 1
end tell