Hi chromian,
By default, Microsoft Outlook displays names in your
Contacts list in the FirstName, LastName format, rather than the LastName,
FirstName format. In this case, the first names of contacts are used to
sort your Contacts list alphabetically.
If you want your Contacts list to be sorted by the last names of the
contacts, you must change the display format to the LastName, FirstName
format.
Sort the Contacts list by the File as field.
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Start Outlook.
On the Tools menu, click E-mail accounts.
Click View or change existing directories or address books, and then click
Next.
Click Outlook Address Book, and then click Change.
Under Outlook Address Books, click the address book for which you want to
change the contact display format . For example, click Contacts: Personal
Folders or Contacts: Mailbox – Mailbox name, and then click File As (Smith,
John).
Click Close, and then click Finish.
Quit and restart Outlook.
Verify that the newly created contacts are sorted in the LastName,
FirstName format.
How?
On the Tools menu, click Options.
Click the Preferences tab, and then click Contact Options.
In the Contact Options box, click Last, First in the Default "File As"
order list.
Click OK two times.
Individually change any contacts that are still not configured to use the
LastName, FirstName format.
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This setting overrides the setting that you made in step 1.
On the Go menu, click Contacts.
In the Contacts list, double-click any contact that does not appear in the
LastName, FirstName format.
Click the General tab, click the File as arrow, and then click Last name,
First name on the list. For example, click Smith, John.
Click Save and Close.
Notes
You cannot change the display format of names in the Microsoft Exchange
Server Global Address List (Global Address List: The address book that
contains all user, group, and distribution list e-mail addresses in your
organization. The administrator creates and maintains this address book. It
may also contain public folder e-mail addresses.).
In a contact card, the Display Name for e-mail addresses is the name shown
on the To, Cc, and Bcc lines of an e-mail message as well as in the Address
Book when you search for a contact. The Display Name is created based on
how you type the contact's name in the Full Name box.
Company names in the Company box that start with "The" automatically appear
under the next word in the name. For example, "The Phone Company" appears
as "Phone Company, The."
Please let me know has this helped you...
Thank You...
Raghu...
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