Control Panel-Mail Icon-Accounts-Directories-View or Change-Change. Set your sort order from one of the two choices presented. Close and restart Outlook for the change to take effect.

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Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

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After furious head scratching, David Shepard asked:

| I know this question has been asked and answered- probably many
| times. In Contacts the format is last name, first name. OK. The
| address book (using the Contact folder) shows first name, last name.
| Is there a way to make it show last name, first name without changing
| each address display name? There was a similar Q&A on 12/15 but it
| wasn't exactly the same thing since the solution didn't work. Thanks