Mac entourage address book arrangement question

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Xu Han

I don't know if anyone has asked this question, I have a question about
arranging my address book, basically, I want the address book arrange by
first name and it seems entourage arrange by last name on default.

Thanks
Xu
 
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Paul Berkowitz

I don't know if anyone has asked this question, I have a question about
arranging my address book, basically, I want the address book arrange by
first name and it seems entourage arrange by last name on default.
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Copy the first name, or whole name, into the nickname field and sort by
Nickname. You can do it for existing contacts by running a script:

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

This version puts the whole name into the nickname field. Then go to
View/Columns and make sure you have Nickname field, and click its header to
sort by that field. You can even drag it over to the left. You could use a
custom field if you prefer.

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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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PLEASE always state which version of Microsoft Office you are using -
**2004**, X or 2001. It's often impossible to answer your questions
otherwise.
 
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Xu Han

Thanks, and that's a really good idea


Copy the first name, or whole name, into the nickname field and sort by
Nickname. You can do it for existing contacts by running a script:

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

This version puts the whole name into the nickname field. Then go to
View/Columns and make sure you have Nickname field, and click its header to
sort by that field. You can even drag it over to the left. You could use a
custom field if you prefer.
Click to expand...
 
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Paul Berkowitz

It was missing a 'get' needed in this case.

Here:

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


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

Please "Reply To Newsgroup" to reply to this message. Emails will be
ignored.

PLEASE always state which version of Microsoft Office you are using -
**2004**, X or 2001. It's often impossible to answer your questions
otherwise.
 
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johan

Hi,

I am Johan Kramer from the Netherlands.
I have bought 2 copies off office x, each copy costing me over $600.
Now off late I decided to use the pim function Entourage can perform,
so I tried.
What a total disappointment!
I only have 8 free character fields, 2 free date fields, a lot off
e-mail address entries, a lot off phone entries but.....
I can't sort on first name or on zip code, the utter most common mode
of arranging personal data.
I simply can't print a label within entourage, let alone perform a mail
merge.
For that, I must switch to Word, in which I only have even more limited
filtering and sorting options within the addressbook (they want me to
select manualy, can you believe? living in the middle ages or what?)
then within Entourage.
To enter data in Excel, I have to use the export function in the file
menu.
Whitin that option, I don't have the opportunity to select fields to
which file format I want.
Excel itself doesn't even recognize the entourage database itself!
How about integration.
I can't believe I'm writing this.
The solution?
Use a script!
Where did I pay my $1200 for??
Can anyone please explane to me, and when and where I can get a copy
that performs reasonbly well as a pim?

tanx in advance and sorry for the outburst, but I still can't believe.
If some obscure compagny had written the suite, ok. But....
Johan Kramer
 
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