Entourage address book

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ccvr

Ive searched for at least an hour and I now believe I am an anomaly. I
seem to be the only person using a mac who wants to list my addresses
by FIRST name. I am able to do it on my pc at work, and on my pda (I
think only because it is sync'd at work. But the only way I can figure
to do it on entourage is to add the First name to the Nickname for
every single contact and then sort by nickname. I havent actually done
this as it is a long list!! Does anyone know a different way? I would
appreciate it. Thanks.
Cecilia
 
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Paul Berkowitz

Ive searched for at least an hour and I now believe I am an anomaly. I
seem to be the only person using a mac who wants to list my addresses
by FIRST name. I am able to do it on my pc at work, and on my pda (I
think only because it is sync'd at work. But the only way I can figure
to do it on entourage is to add the First name to the Nickname for
every single contact and then sort by nickname. I havent actually done
this as it is a long list!! Does anyone know a different way? I would
appreciate it. Thanks.
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That's precisely how to do it. In fact, you can enter the _entire_ name
(First and Last) to the Nickname field and then sort by nickname. To do this
in an effortless way, do it by AppleScript. Open Script Editor (in
/Applications/AppleScript/), and paste this in:

tell application "Microsoft Entourage"
repeat with theContact in (every contact)
tell theContact
set nickname to (get its name)
end tell
activate
beep
display dialog "All done!" with icon 1
end repeat
end tell


Click the "Compile" button, then the "Run" button.

You can even move the Nickname column to the far left, click on its header
to sort by it, and there you are.

--
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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otherwise.
 
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Cecilia

Ive searched for at least an hour and I now believe I am an anomaly. I
seem to be the only person using a mac who wants to list my addresses
by FIRST name. I am able to do it on my pc at work, and on my pda (I
think only because it is sync'd at work. But the only way I can figure
to do it on entourage is to add the First name to the Nickname for
every single contact and then sort by nickname. I havent actually done
this as it is a long list!! Does anyone know a different way? I would
appreciate it. Thanks.
Cecilia
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thank you - I did this now - it did take a while but its done. Thnaks
Cecilia
 
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