Vista - Contact list appearance

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

"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.

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.
>
>

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.
>>
>>

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.
> >>
> >>
>
>

Sorry to hear about your connectivity problem.
Connectivity and mail server problems are my favorite computer
issues to troubleshoot.

Gary VanderMolen

"NancyB" <NancyB@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:629EEF26-E22D-4359-B4D4-C87915659BD5@microsoft.com...
> 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.
>> >>
>> >>
>>
>>