No. For some reason, those preferences will only apply to new Contacts you
create in the Contacts Folder. They will not apply to Contacts you add
programmatically or by importing.
You can sort your Contacts Folder any way you want. You are not obligated to
sort it by the File As... field.
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Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"Bob S" wrote in message
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Thanks Russ. Yes, it was stored in the same folder that I was "scanning".
I had changed the order in which the "File as" field was listed to showing
"last name, first name" but when I used the feature
"Add to Outlook Contacts" it added it with First name then Last name. Is
there, by chance, any way to change the name order used in "File as" by
this feature so that it adds records with the order "last name, first
name"? Thanks for your help.


"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote in message
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We could have no idea what you mean by "scanning down the list of records
in the Contacts screen."
Care to guess how many different views of Contacts are possible?
Have you verified that you are "scanning" the same folder to which you
added this Contact?
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Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"Bob S" wrote in message
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I received an email from a friend and wanted a record with his email
address in my Contacts list. So, I hovered the mouse over his email
address at the top of the email message, saw the dot with the arrow to
the right, then I clicked the down arrow. This gave me the choice to add
his name and address to my Contacts file, which I did. Now I can find
his record by clicking the same dot next to his name and chosing "look up
contact", or by typing his name in the space next to the "find" button.
However, I cannot find it scanning down the list of records in the
Contacts screen.

Why can I not find this new record in my Contacts screen?
Thanks for your help, in advance.
Bob