It does sort by Last name but it displays by first name. There's no way to
change this, other than working around it by using Custom Fields to store
the display name of the contact and using a script to keep it in sync.
There's one other way. You can use a simple script to copy the last name
into the Nickname field. Then display the Nickname column in the Address
Book (View/Columns) and drag it to the left of the Name column.
tell application "Microsoft Entourage"
set allContacts to every contact
repeat with theContact in allContacts
tell theContact
set nickname to (get last name)
end tell
end repeat
activate
beep
display dialog "All done!"
end tell
Then in future, when making new contacts, always copy the last name into the
Nickname field.
--
Paul Berkowitz
MVP Entourage
Entourage FAQ Page: <
http://www.entourage.mvps.org/toc.html>
AppleScripts for Entourage: <
http://macscripter.net/scriptbuilders/>
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