pick list format of contacts using 'select names'

[Timothy Manning]

Outlook provide several methods to display a contact:
[company],[surname],[first name] etc, but when using using 'select names' to
add a contact to an email recipient list, the contact view and sort order is
always [first name] [last name]. It would be really helpful if the select
names format and sort order matched the contact display options.

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[Brian Tillman]

Outlook provide several methods to display a contact:
[company],[surname],[first name] etc, but when using using 'select
names' to add a contact to an email recipient list, the contact view
and sort order is always [first name] [last name]. It would be
really helpful if the select names format and sort order matched the
contact display options.

What's stopping you? Click Tools>E-mail Accounts>View or change existing
directories or address books>Next. Select the Outlook Address Book
services, click Change, and set the sort order at the bottom or that
dialogue.

 

[kjwarnold]

I'm using Outlook 2002 and I'm having the same problem. I just tried what
you suggested and it hasn't changed the order the names appear when I'm
adding them to an e-mail recipient list.

Outlook provide several methods to display a contact:
[company],[surname],[first name] etc, but when using using 'select
names' to add a contact to an email recipient list, the contact view
and sort order is always [first name] [last name]. It would be
really helpful if the select names format and sort order matched the
contact display options.

What's stopping you? Click Tools>E-mail Accounts>View or change existing
directories or address books>Next. Select the Outlook Address Book
services, click Change, and set the sort order at the bottom or that
dialogue.

 

[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

Did you restart Outlook?
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Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

I'm using Outlook 2002 and I'm having the same problem. I just tried what
you suggested and it hasn't changed the order the names appear when I'm
adding them to an e-mail recipient list.

Outlook provide several methods to display a contact:
[company],[surname],[first name] etc, but when using using 'select
names' to add a contact to an email recipient list, the contact view
and sort order is always [first name] [last name]. It would be
really helpful if the select names format and sort order matched the
contact display options.

What's stopping you? Click Tools>E-mail Accounts>View or change existing
directories or address books>Next. Select the Outlook Address Book
services, click Change, and set the sort order at the bottom or that
dialogue.