How to Sort Vista Contacts by Last Name

[Jim & Lynda Keesling]

I'm helping a neighbor with Windows Mail setup in Vista. He wants his contacts listed last name first, so he can easily sort through the list. I see that you can have Jim Brown listed as Brown Jim, or as Brown, Jim. That works for finding contacts, but their names are then listed in reverse order on the To: line in Windows Mail. Is there any way to get the Contacts list last-name-first, but have the names appear first-then-last-name on the address line? This was easy to do in OE.

Thanks a bunch for your help,
Jim

 

[Gary VanderMolen]

When you open Contacts, and examine an individual contact, are all
the parameters present, such as First and Last name?

 

[Dave]

In the Contacts folder:
Change the View to "Details".
Right-click on the "Name" column heading, click on "First Name", then click
on "Last Name"
Click on the "Last Name" heading to sort by that, or click on "First Name"
heading to sort by that.

In a Create Mail window:
Click on To:
Click on the "Name" column heading... it cycles thru 4 different sorts

In the Contact Properties:
click on the down arrow at the end of the Full Name box

 

[Dave]

You are welcome.