How do I sort contact folders

[Pat Quimby]

I have all my contacts in Outlook and added new contacts; I need to sort them
by company from A to Z. Is there a way to sort them instead of moving them
up one at a time?

 

[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

Perhaps. Hard to say without knowing your Outlook version or the view in
which you are trying to sort.

 

[Judy Gleeson MVP - Outlook]

Turn on the Advanced Toolbar and use the Group By box, Field Chooser and
play around with ways of viewing your Contacts. Phone List view gives you a
basic table and is thus a good starting point.

I think you're in By Category View and from your description have 2003 with
the Arrange by... Show in Groups turned on. So what happens is that when
you click a column header to sort by it, 2003 in fact Groups By that column
( what you described as "moving them up one at a time").

If you have 2003, turn off the View | Arrange by .. | Show in Groups setting
and you may be much happier with what you see when you sort a column.

PLEASE at least post your version when you have a question.

Judy Gleeson - MVP Outlook
Acorn Training and Consulting
Canberra, Australia


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Perhaps. Hard to say without knowing your Outlook version or the view in
which you are trying to sort.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

I have all my contacts in Outlook and added new contacts; I need to sort
them
by company from A to Z. Is there a way to sort them instead of moving
them
up one at a time?

 

[sklimuk]

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