If you need multiple sorts, create multiple views.

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"EcoLouise" wrote in message ...
I have done that. But I would rather not have to go through all those steps
if possible. Previously I could keep the categories arrangment and simply
sort by column header within categories. I sort and resort the list many
times a day and it was very easy before we upgraded. Is there no other way? I
will always want the contacts to be sorted first by category and then
throughout the day, I need to sort the categories by other colums.

Any other help?

"Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

You'll need to go through the View | Arrange View | Current View | Customize Current View dialog to get it arranged the way you want with both grouping and sorting.

"EcoLouise" wrote in message news
I am new to Outlook 2003. I primarily use it only for email and organizing a
contact list with a several categories. I am having trouble sorting the
contacts while maintaining the categories. In the previous version, I could
just click the column header to sort my contact list and the categories were
maintained. Not so with this version. Any help?