Address book name display order

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Both my address book (accessed in Outlook via Tools >> Address Book) and the
New Email Message >> To... Select Names dialog show the contacts lists in
first-last name order and sort by the the first name.

What setting do I change to display & sort names in last, first order?

Thank you for your help, John
 
In OL2007, change the order here: Tools menu > Account Settings > Address
Book tab > Highlight Outlook Address Book > Click Change
 
THIS WORK! I did have to close and reopen Outlook for the setting to take.
Thx so much for your help, John
 
Perhaps you can help with my problem, related to this. My Outlook Address
Book has no entries. In the same dialog box you refer to it says I need to
designate my Contacts as an Outlook Address Book in Properties. But that
check is grayed out as unavailable. It seems I can't apply the Address Book
sorting rules until I can get my Contacts designated as an Outlook Address
Book, and it won't let me do that.

Thanks for any help.
 
Perhaps you can help with my problem, related to this. My Outlook Address
Book has no entries. In the same dialog box you refer to it says I need to
designate my Contacts as an Outlook Address Book in Properties. But that
check is grayed out as unavailable. It seems I can't apply the Address Book
sorting rules until I can get my Contacts designated as an Outlook Address
Book, and it won't let me do that.
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Outlook version, please.
 
It is Outlook 2007. Thanks.
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Did you migrate data from another Outlook instance? What you see is
indicative of that.

Unfortunately, Outlook 2007's mail profile handler contains a bug that makes
it impossible to repair the Outlook Address Book service in a mail profile.
The only way to fix it is to create a new mail profile and add your existing
Outlook data file correctly to that new profile. See if this helps:
http://www.howto-outlook.com/howto/newprofile.htm
 
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