sort contacts within categories using column headers
 

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?

sort contacts within categories using column headers
 

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.

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003
http://www.turtleflock.com/olconfig/index.htm
and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers
http://www.outlookcode.com/jumpstart.aspx

"EcoLouise" wrote in message ...
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?

sort contacts within categories using column headers
 

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.

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003
http://www.turtleflock.com/olconfig/index.htm
and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers
http://www.outlookcode.com/jumpstart.aspx

"EcoLouise" wrote in message ...
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?

sort contacts within categories using column headers
 

If you need multiple sorts, create multiple views.

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003
http://www.turtleflock.com/olconfig/index.htm
and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers
http://www.outlookcode.com/jumpstart.aspx

"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 ...
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?