Adress book

[Howard]

How do I sort my address book by surname. I can do it via contacts but not
address book. I used to be able to do this in 98, now upgraded to 2007.

 

[Gordon]

How do I sort my address book by surname. I can do it via contacts but not
address book. I used to be able to do this in 98, now upgraded to 2007.

You can't AFAIK - Outlook 98 used a PAB (Personal Address Book) - every
version since 2002 now just uses Contacts. The "Address Book" dialog box
that appears when you click on the "To" button, is just a view of your
Contacts folder....

 

[Brian Tillman]

How do I sort my address book by surname. I can do it via contacts
but not address book. I used to be able to do this in 98, now
upgraded to 2007.

Change the properties of the Outlook Address Book service to use the "File
As" value for its display. I don't recall off-hand exactly where that
setting is in OL 2007, but start with Tools>Account Settings.

 

[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

It's here:
Go to Tools > Account Settings > Address Book Tab > Outlook Address Book >
Change... > Set sort order there

 

[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

All versions of Outlook have used Contacts and the Outlook Address Book.
None used a PAB except for backwards compatibility. Method for sorting the
Outlook Address Book is in Brian's post.