why can't i sort contacts by category?
 

Hi! I finaly got myself to sort my contact and noticed after introducing a
category to each contact (what a hassle) that I couldnt sort them by
category!!!!!!!! When I click on the top of the category list outlook says:
"you cannot sort by this field" and if i try to do it via the navigation pane
they dont get sorted at all...

Does anybody know if this is a bug, virus, etc.. or Am I just a hack?

Thanks for any help.

why can't i sort contacts by category?
 

Why? Because the Categories field can have multiple values, which makes sorting meaningless. Use grouping instead.

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and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
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"Jan B" Jan wrote in message ...
Hi! I finaly got myself to sort my contact and noticed after introducing a
category to each contact (what a hassle) that I couldnt sort them by
category!!!!!!!! When I click on the top of the category list outlook says:
"you cannot sort by this field" and if i try to do it via the navigation pane
they dont get sorted at all...

Does anybody know if this is a bug, virus, etc.. or Am I just a hack?

Thanks for any help.

why can't i sort contacts by category?
 

Hi,

Go to :
View / Reoganized by / Actual View / By Category

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Nicolas.

MCP 70-228/70-229
http://nicolasp-ms.blogspot.com/


"Jan B" wrote:

Hi! I finaly got myself to sort my contact and noticed after introducing a
category to each contact (what a hassle) that I couldnt sort them by
category!!!!!!!! When I click on the top of the category list outlook says:
"you cannot sort by this field" and if i try to do it via the navigation pane
they dont get sorted at all...

Does anybody know if this is a bug, virus, etc.. or Am I just a hack?

Thanks for any help.

why can't i sort contacts by category?
 

Thank you for your question.
It helped me too
--
Paul


"Jan B" wrote:

Hi! I finaly got myself to sort my contact and noticed after introducing a
category to each contact (what a hassle) that I couldnt sort them by
category!!!!!!!! When I click on the top of the category list outlook says:
"you cannot sort by this field" and if i try to do it via the navigation pane
they dont get sorted at all...

Does anybody know if this is a bug, virus, etc.. or Am I just a hack?

Thanks for any help.

why can't i sort contacts by category?
 

Try this for information: www.judygleeson.com/articles.aspx

Regards

Judy Gleeson
MVP Outlook
Trainer and Consultant


Canberra, Australia

"What do we live for, if it is not to make life less difficult for each
other?"
George Eliot
"Paul" wrote in message
...
Thank you for your question.
It helped me too
--
Paul


"Jan B" wrote:

Hi! I finaly got myself to sort my contact and noticed after introducing
a
category to each contact (what a hassle) that I couldnt sort them by
category!!!!!!!! When I click on the top of the category list outlook
says:
"you cannot sort by this field" and if i try to do it via the navigation
pane
they dont get sorted at all...

Does anybody know if this is a bug, virus, etc.. or Am I just a hack?

Thanks for any help.