NancyB

other Thanks, Gary. That sounds promising. Actually, I had major problems
with my new PC - it wouldn't connect to the Internet. Spent 5 hours
(literally) on the phone with 3 different tech people, and they finally gave
up and the machine is being spent back to be replaced. So I can't try this
with Vista until my new machine arrives.
--
Nancy in Massachusetts


"Gary VanderMolen" wrote:

> Try this:
> Create Mail, click on 'To:', then click on the Name column header.
> Each time you click, it will cycle through four different arrangements.
>
> If this does not meet your needs, try upgrading to Windows Live Mail.
>
> Gary VanderMolen
>
>
> "NancyB" <NancyB@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:04090ED8-7C3B-4B2D-BFF4-3E4CBABC5D93@microsoft.com...
> > Sounded good - and thanks for the suggestion, but it didn't do anything. I
> > strongly suspect that I had to specify some order when I exported. Any hints
> > there?
> > --
> > Nancy in Massachusetts
> >
> >
> > "mac" wrote:
> >
> >>
> >> "NancyB" <NancyB@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> news:E86B24FF-59E6-4728-BB3B-F5FCEB5F51D5@microsoft.com...
> >> >I am migrating from an XP machine to Vista. I exported all my e-mail
> >> > including groupings, etc., successfully. I moved my address book from
> >> > Outlook
> >> > Express to my new machine. But the contact list on the new machine shows
> >> > as a
> >> > list sorted by first names. That's not very helpful. How can I sort the
> >> > contact list by last name? Or how do I re-export my address book in a
> >> > different format?
> >> > --
> >> > Nancy in Massachusetts
> >>
> >> Open the Contacts folder and right click the column header line and select
> >> Last Name column, then click on that header to sort by.
> >>
> >>
>
>