Sorting Contacts by fields while maintaining the "category" group

[Guest]

How does one sort Outlook Contacts by different fields (ie; name, company,
file as) while maintaining the "category" grouping. When I sort my contacts
in Outlook 2003, it deletes the categories and sorts all my entries. Not
very convenient. There must be a way to lock the categories and sort the
fields while maintaining the categorization.

Arthur

 

[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

Judy Gleeson has provided the following workaround to overcome the new way
Outlook 2003 sorts the "By Category" view:

Use the Detailed or Simple List view, show the columns you want to see
(field chooser), click the column (eg Last Name) you want to sort by, THEN
use the group by box to group by Category. That should have alphabetical as
well as the grouping.

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

Another approach is to use the View | Arrange By | Current View | Customize Current View commands to make the changes.

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of
Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers

Judy Gleeson has provided the following workaround to overcome the new way
Outlook 2003 sorts the "By Category" view:

Use the Detailed or Simple List view, show the columns you want to see
(field chooser), click the column (eg Last Name) you want to sort by, THEN
use the group by box to group by Category. That should have alphabetical as
well as the grouping.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

How does one sort Outlook Contacts by different fields (ie; name,
company,
file as) while maintaining the "category" grouping. When I sort my
contacts
in Outlook 2003, it deletes the categories and sorts all my entries. Not
very convenient. There must be a way to lock the categories and sort the
fields while maintaining the categorization.

Arthur