Change how existing contacts are sorted

[Takodashouse]

I want to change all my contacts (1,000 of them) from being sorted by last
name to being sorted by Company name. Is there a way to make the change to
all the existing contacts instead of going into each individual contact and
changing the "File As" field for each one?

 

[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

Assuming the view you want to sort uses the File As... field for sorting,
you'd have to run code to change it for existing Contacts:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;291144&Product=ol2002