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Trouble sorting contacts when sending email
Hi Everyone,
First off, I'm using Outlook 2002 and Windows XP Home. After reading a lot of posts here I came up with a workable solution to my problem. I just have run into one kink. I have about 250 Contacts in Outlook, but I only regularly email to about 15 or 20 of these folks. I got tired of scrolling down through the long list looking for contacts, and I don't like just typing in the names because sometimes I forget someone. My solution was to make another Contacts folder called "Email addresses" where I put only the person's name and email address for this "short list" of email addresses. I switched the address book to look at this contact list first, but I'm still having a problem. No matter what I do, when I go to send an email and I click "To" to bring up the address book, they list always displays FirstName LastName. I've tried changing the following: 1. I clicked Tools, Options, Contact Options. Both options are set to LastName, FirstName. I've changed them back and forth, but nothing makes a difference....I don't really think these are what I want though. 2. I've looked high and low and can't find any way to change the display options for the address book. I thought in Outlook 2000 there was an option for this, but I can't find it in Outlook 2002. I just upgraded from Outlook 2000, and I had it displaying the way I wanted it there. Unfortunately I deleted my old email address folder and set up a new one today and now can't figure out how to get it LastName, FirstName like I had it in Outlook 2000. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Regards, Gary |
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Trouble sorting contacts when sending email
I forgot to mention, I also tried clicking Tools--Email Accounts and
then selected "View or change existing directories or address books". The only option in th window that comes up is the Outlook Address Book (MAPI). I select it and click "Change" and for both of my Contact folders I chose "Show names by" "Files As (Smith, John)". This didn't solve my problem either. I am not connected to any Exchange server or anything like that. I'm just using Outlook to access my POP3 mail and keeps Contacts, Calendar and Notes. I sync with a PocketPC, but I'm not syncing email. If I forgot any pertinent information please let me know. Regards, Gary |
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Trouble sorting contacts when sending email
Well, I realized I had installed this last week but never checked for
updates. I installed SP3 and that seems to have solved the problem. Regards, Gary |
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