Keith Miller MVP

Well, the apps bundled with an OS have always been basic. Notepad is not a
state-of-the-art word processor, Paint would be a lot more fun if it were
capable of 3D modeling & rendering, etc. If you want more functionality,
you buy a program specific to your needs.

That being said, have you opened a Contact in notepad? Contacts are XML
files, so you're not enslaved by a proprietary database. You can write an
app to handle Contacts in whatever way you desire -- you just have to want
it bad enough.


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Good Luck,

Keith
Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]

"Mickey Segal" <not_monitored@example.com> wrote in message
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> There are many cases in which one wants to use Contacts when not using
> email, for example looking for an address or telephone number. It is too
> bad that some functionality has been stripped out so as to use a new
> searching paradigm for contacts, particularly since it works much worse on
> simple tasks such as alphabetizing.
>
> "Keith Miller MVP" <k.miller79@no.spam.verizon.net> wrote in message
> news:e2fHaj9cHHA.4888@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>> There's always the 'Find' button in the 'Select Recipients' dialog.
>