I am having trouble with the way in which the Address Book displays.

I prefer all names to appear as: Surname, Forename (ie; Smith, John).

Within my Contacts, all names show this way under both 'Full Name' and 'File
as'. Despite this, however, when opening Address Book, some of the names
still show in the first column as 'John Smith' even though the second column
(Display As) shows them as 'Smith, John'.

None of my attempts at altering this seem to have worked!

Any ideas?

Ideas would require knowing your Outlook version and what "all your
attempts" entailed.
What works for those using Outlook 2002 and 2003 is the following:
Go to Tools E-mail accounts View or change existing directories or
address books Outlook Address Book Change. Set your sort order there
Restart Outlook.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"Terry Bennett" wrote in message
...
I am having trouble with the way in which the Address Book displays.

I prefer all names to appear as: Surname, Forename (ie; Smith, John).

Within my Contacts, all names show this way under both 'Full Name' and
'File as'. Despite this, however, when opening Address Book, some of the
names still show in the first column as 'John Smith' even though the
second column (Display As) shows them as 'Smith, John'.

None of my attempts at altering this seem to have worked!

Any ideas?

What version of Outlook are you using? In 2000, go to
ToolsAccountsaddress books ( i think) and from there you can set which
way you wish your default "File As" is with a radio button. If you are in
2003, it would be ToolsEmail AccountsExisting Address booksChange
button, then be sure the radio button is set to your desired appearence and
OK, all the way to back out. You may need to CLOSE outlook for a few seconds
then re-open it to have this change set in.

-Monica, CMOS
Miami, FL

"Terry Bennett" wrote in message
...
I am having trouble with the way in which the Address Book displays.

I prefer all names to appear as: Surname, Forename (ie; Smith, John).

Within my Contacts, all names show this way under both 'Full Name' and
'File
as'. Despite this, however, when opening Address Book, some of the names
still show in the first column as 'John Smith' even though the second
column
(Display As) shows them as 'Smith, John'.

None of my attempts at altering this seem to have worked!

Any ideas?

Terry Bennett wrote:

I am having trouble with the way in which the Address Book displays.

I prefer all names to appear as: Surname, Forename (ie; Smith, John).

ToolsE-mail AccountsView or change existing directories or address
booksNext. Select Outlook Address Book. Click Change. Set the sort order
there.

None of my attempts at altering this seem to have worked!

It helps to say what those attempts have been so that people have you repeat
what you've already tried,
--
Brian Tillman

That seems to have sorted it - many thanks!

"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote in message
...
Ideas would require knowing your Outlook version and what "all your
attempts" entailed.
What works for those using Outlook 2002 and 2003 is the following:
Go to Tools E-mail accounts View or change existing directories or
address books Outlook Address Book Change. Set your sort order there
Restart Outlook.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"Terry Bennett" wrote in message
...
I am having trouble with the way in which the Address Book displays.

I prefer all names to appear as: Surname, Forename (ie; Smith, John).

Within my Contacts, all names show this way under both 'Full Name' and
'File as'. Despite this, however, when opening Address Book, some of the
names still show in the first column as 'John Smith' even though the
second column (Display As) shows them as 'Smith, John'.

None of my attempts at altering this seem to have worked!

Any ideas?