Entourage 2004: How to alphabetize contacts by first name

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Tony

Dear all,



As we known, in Entourage 2004, contacts in Address Book list in
alphabetically by last name. How can we alphabetize it by first name?

Thanks!

Tony Leung
 
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Paul Berkowitz

As we known, in Entourage 2004, contacts in Address Book list in
alphabetically by last name. How can we alphabetize it by first name?
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Copy the full name into either nickname or a custom field and sort on that.
You can even move that column to the extreme left after making it visible
via View/Columns.

Run this script in Script Editor:

tell application "Microsoft Entourage"
repeat with aContact in (every contact)
set nickname of aContact to its name
end repeat
activate
display dialog "All done!"
end tell


You can replace the 'nickname' line by

set custom field three of aContact to its name


using one to eight as desired.

In future when you make new contacts, just do it manually in the contact.

--
Paul Berkowitz
MVP MacOffice
Entourage FAQ Page: <http://www.entourage.mvps.org/faq/index.html>
AppleScripts for Entourage: <http://macscripter.net/scriptbuilders/>

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