Sorry for splitting this up, but I am learning as I go along.
So now we can Alphabetize the contacts using Last Name (or any other field)
When we open the Contact list again, it shows up as Alphabetized by Name
again, but if you notice, the "busy" icon is spinning and the progress bar
at the top slowly (or fast) turns green and the list is then again
alphabetized by Last Name.
Now, if we close the contact list and click on Create a message, and then
click on the To, or CC or BCC icon, it opens the old style Outlook Express
contact list. Its alphabetized by first character and you cannot change it.
It also has a find box, that works on the first name, or if you open the
find function - you can select to search by name, email address, etc. A
slow process.
So instead of using the Create a message icon - click on the contact list.
After a few seconds it is alphabetized by your selection - such as last
name.
When you place the cursor on any entry, it is highlighted in light blue for
about a second, then it turns dark blue.
At this point, you can hold down the CTRL key and select other addresses the
same way. So you will eventually have multiple contact lines in dark blue.
(If you make a mistake, keep holding down the CTRL key - put the cursor on
the wrong entry and click it).
When you have all the entries you want, click the Email icon on the top row
(it appears as soon as you highlight the first entry). This will open a new
message template with all the addresses that you selected.
Now if you use the new Search field to find contacts matching something -
like the company name in the email address domain (for example
(e-mail address removed)) If you type abc.com or even abc may be enough, it will
show all the entries in the contact list that have this anywhere in the
contact - you do not have to select what field its in.
So let's say you then have 5 entries for people at abc.com. You want to
send to 3 of them.
If you move your cursor to any entry, it shows highlighted as light blue,
but does not change to dark blue, so you cannot select multiple entries. I
think this happens because the search function is still active, waiting for
more possible characters. So, if you click in the area below the listing
(where advanced is) - it seems to end the search. Now you can rest the
cursor on one entry and it will go to dark blue, and you can use the CTRL
key to select the 2 other addresses and then click to Email icon to create
the message.
You can also right click on an entry, and choose "Action" and then send
email.
Unfortunately I cannot find a way to use more than one search to get
multiple addresses from different companies to be in the same message.
Maybe someone else can figure out how to do that.
Larry Cohen