Sorting Categories Won't Work

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I just installed my version of Office 2003. I was
testing my contacts list and I created a new (custom)
category and assigned it to several of my contacts. I
then tried using the "By Category" view of my contacts
that sorted by category. It worked the first time. I
then clicked on the columns to sort by name, phone
number, etc. When I clicked on the categories column, I
got a dialog box that says "You cannot sort by this
field". So I went back to the navagator pane on the left
and click on "By Category". There is no error, but it
will now not sort by category. I closed outlook down and
brought it back up, but I can ever get it to sort by
category again. It always sorts by Full Name. The other
views seem to work fine, but even in them, when I click
on the categories column, I get the error. Anyone have
any ideas?
 
This is by design -- you couldn't sort by categories in the previous version
either. You can GROUP by categories, which is what the By Category view
does. It may look like you're sorting by category as well, but you're not.
If you try to customize the view and you click the Sort button on the
Customize dialog, you won't find Categories on any of the lists of available
fields to sort by.

If you meant to say that the By Category group no longer groups by category
either, try resetting the view -- View | Arrange By | Current View | Define
Views, select the By Category view and click Reset.

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Jocelyn Fiorello
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