sort contacts by "last name, first name"

[Judi Tousley]

WinXP, Outlook 2002

How can I set my contacts so they always display with "last name, first
name"...no matter what view I am looking at. For example:

My contacts are sorted by category. Under FULL NAME and FILE AS two contacts
show as "Tousley, Judi" and "Nilsson, Carol" which is great. However, if I
create a new email and click the "TO..." button, the names appear as
"Tousley, Judi" and "Carol Nilsson." When I check the PROPERTIES on each
person, they are identical insofar as DISPLAY AS shows them both as "last
name, first name."

This drives me crazy as I have hundreds of contacts and I don't always
remember the first names. In the box under TYPE NAME OR SELECT FROM LIST it
will not find the last name if the person is listed "first name last name."

Judi

 

[Dale Krech]

I have the same operating system and version of Outlook and am having a
similar problem. I have contacts sorted by last name first, but when I click
on the "To" button, the names are all sorted by first name. I also cannot
figure out how to fix.

Dale

 

[Judi Tousley]

As I continued to read the posts in this group, here is a quote from Russ
Valentine...and the fix worked for me!
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Depends on your version which you did not mention.

98/2000 in Corporate/Workgroup mode:
Tools menu > Services > Highlight the Outlook Address Book service > Click
Properties > Set sort order

98/2000 Internet Mail Only:
Tools menu > Address Book > View menu > Sort by

Outlook 2002/2003:
Go to Tools > E-mail accounts > View or change existing directories or
address books > Outlook Address Book > Change. > Set your sort order there