Until today, my contacts were sorted by catagories. They no longer are and I
receive a message that you cannot sort by this field. What happened?

You are mistaken. Contacts can never be sorted by Category. Category sort is
meaningless since any contact may be listed
under multiple categories.
State what isn't happening that you think should. Specify the view and its
settings.
Are you confusing sorting with grouping?
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"CAF" wrote in message
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Until today, my contacts were sorted by catagories. They no longer are and
I
receive a message that you cannot sort by this field. What happened?

"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote in message
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You are mistaken. Contacts can never be sorted by Category.

So when I click on the "Category" column header in the Contacts by Category
view and it changes the alphabetical order of Categories from A-Z to Z-A
that's NOT sorting?

--
Asking a question?
Please tell us the version of the application you are asking about,
your OS, Service Pack level
and the FULL contents of any error message(s)

Nope. Look at the Header. See the arrow next to the label? You are grouping
by Category. The toggle simply changes between ascending and descending
order among the groups.
You can set a sort order within each group, but you cannot sort the view by
Category.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"Gordon" wrote in message
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"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote in message
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You are mistaken. Contacts can never be sorted by Category.

So when I click on the "Category" column header in the Contacts by
Category view and it changes the alphabetical order of Categories from A-Z
to Z-A that's NOT sorting?

--
Asking a question?
Please tell us the version of the application you are asking about,
your OS, Service Pack level
and the FULL contents of any error message(s)

If you turn on the Advanced toolbar and click the Group By Box. You will see
Russ is right - when you click a Column Header, you are sending that column
header into the Group By Box.

Regards

Judy Gleeson
MVP Outlook

www.judygleeson.com
www.deskdoctors.com

Are you sick of bad email practice? Get a copy of my paper "Implementing
Email Policy" from the Desk Doctors website.
"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote in message
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Nope. Look at the Header. See the arrow next to the label? You are
grouping by Category. The toggle simply changes between ascending and
descending order among the groups.
You can set a sort order within each group, but you cannot sort the view
by Category.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"Gordon" wrote in message
...
"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote in message
...
You are mistaken. Contacts can never be sorted by Category.

So when I click on the "Category" column header in the Contacts by
Category view and it changes the alphabetical order of Categories from
A-Z to Z-A that's NOT sorting?

--
Asking a question?
Please tell us the version of the application you are asking about,
your OS, Service Pack level
and the FULL contents of any error message(s)

Viewed by Category or Sort by category.
I see what CAF is referring to.
Just check your current view setting.
PapaFrank

"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote in message
...
You are mistaken. Contacts can never be sorted by Category. Category sort
is meaningless since any contact may be listed
under multiple categories.
State what isn't happening that you think should. Specify the view and its
settings.
Are you confusing sorting with grouping?
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"CAF" wrote in message
...
Until today, my contacts were sorted by catagories. They no longer are
and I
receive a message that you cannot sort by this field. What happened?

PapaFrank: You CANNOT sort by Categories and have never been able to in any
version of Outlook.

Regards

Judy Gleeson
MVP Outlook

www.judygleeson.com
www.deskdoctors.com

Are you sick of bad email practice? Get a copy of my paper "Implementing
Email Policy" from the Desk Doctors website.
"PapaFrank" wrote in message
...
Viewed by Category or Sort by category.
I see what CAF is referring to.
Just check your current view setting.
PapaFrank

"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote in message
...
You are mistaken. Contacts can never be sorted by Category. Category sort
is meaningless since any contact may be listed
under multiple categories.
State what isn't happening that you think should. Specify the view and
its settings.
Are you confusing sorting with grouping?
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"CAF" wrote in message
...
Until today, my contacts were sorted by catagories. They no longer are
and I
receive a message that you cannot sort by this field. What happened?

Well excuse me!
On My Computer using OUTLOOK 2007
I do not care about the build or the SP or anything else.

When I go to View-Current- View-BY CATEGORY
I see a list of my contacts They are ARRANGED by Category.
If you do not consider this sorted then you must follow the Bill Clinton
School of Epistomolgy.
I turn to the groups for support. And I am very Dismayed by the Freakin
attitude taken on by the MVP's in their Hostile Attitude and Snide
snippetts.

Sorry But enough is enough!

PAPA FRANK

PS I top posted because that makes more sens to ME!!!!~

"Judy Gleeson (MVP Outlook)" judy wrote in message
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PapaFrank: You CANNOT sort by Categories and have never been able to in
any version of Outlook.

Regards

Judy Gleeson
MVP Outlook

www.judygleeson.com
www.deskdoctors.com

Are you sick of bad email practice? Get a copy of my paper "Implementing
Email Policy" from the Desk Doctors website.
"PapaFrank" wrote in message
...
Viewed by Category or Sort by category.
I see what CAF is referring to.
Just check your current view setting.
PapaFrank

"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote in message
...
You are mistaken. Contacts can never be sorted by Category. Category
sort is meaningless since any contact may be listed
under multiple categories.
State what isn't happening that you think should. Specify the view and
its settings.
Are you confusing sorting with grouping?
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"CAF" wrote in message
...
Until today, my contacts were sorted by catagories. They no longer are
and I
receive a message that you cannot sort by this field. What happened?

Grouping and sorting are not the same. Sorry you see it as a gripe that I
pointed this out. It's a bit like saying to a mathematician that adding and
multiplying are the same.

The functions in Outlook are confusing enough without using incorrect
terminology.

I work on a simple premise that people come here for advice and that part of
my role as an MVP is to do my best to make sure that the advice here is
correct.

Regards

Judy Gleeson
MVP Outlook

www.judygleeson.com


"PapaFrank" wrote in message
...
Well excuse me!
On My Computer using OUTLOOK 2007
I do not care about the build or the SP or anything else.

When I go to View-Current- View-BY CATEGORY
I see a list of my contacts They are ARRANGED by Category.
If you do not consider this sorted then you must follow the Bill Clinton
School of Epistomolgy.
I turn to the groups for support. And I am very Dismayed by the Freakin
attitude taken on by the MVP's in their Hostile Attitude and Snide
snippetts.

Sorry But enough is enough!

PAPA FRANK

PS I top posted because that makes more sens to ME!!!!~

"Judy Gleeson (MVP Outlook)" judy wrote in message
...
PapaFrank: You CANNOT sort by Categories and have never been able to in
any version of Outlook.

Regards

Judy Gleeson
MVP Outlook

www.judygleeson.com
www.deskdoctors.com

Are you sick of bad email practice? Get a copy of my paper "Implementing
Email Policy" from the Desk Doctors website.
"PapaFrank" wrote in message
...
Viewed by Category or Sort by category.
I see what CAF is referring to.
Just check your current view setting.
PapaFrank

"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote in message
...
You are mistaken. Contacts can never be sorted by Category. Category
sort is meaningless since any contact may be listed
under multiple categories.
State what isn't happening that you think should. Specify the view and
its settings.
Are you confusing sorting with grouping?
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"CAF" wrote in message
...
Until today, my contacts were sorted by catagories. They no longer are
and I
receive a message that you cannot sort by this field. What happened?