Organizing Contacts

08-18-2007

While I can put my contacts into folders, when composing email and I click on
the "To:" I get an alphabetical list of all my contacts. They are not sorted
into the contact folders. In OE you could organize the "To:" list via the
"Adress Book", but in Vista there is no Address Book, just Contacts.

How can i get the "To:" list organized to show the Contact folders with
associated email addresses?

11-17-2007

"RNB" wrote:

	Quote:
	> While I can put my contacts into folders, when composing email and I click on > the "To:" I get an alphabetical list of all my contacts. They are not sorted > into the contact folders. In OE you could organize the "To:" list via the > "Adress Book", but in Vista there is no Address Book, just Contacts. > > How can i get the "To:" list organized to show the Contact folders with > associated email addresses?

11-17-2007

I don't know if this is where I'm supposed to enter my post, but here goes:
I couldn't figure out how to post a new question, so I am expanding on RNB's
question: I am trying to set up my "address book", and while I can sort the
contacts alphabetically by last name (which is what I want), when I'm sending
an e-mail and click on "To" to select recipients, they are listed
alphabetically by FIRST name - which I do NOT want. How can I change this?
OE let me arrange them anyway I wanted. Any help will be greatly
appreciated!

"RNB" wrote:

	Quote:
	> While I can put my contacts into folders, when composing email and I click on > the "To:" I get an alphabetical list of all my contacts. They are not sorted > into the contact folders. In OE you could organize the "To:" list via the > "Adress Book", but in Vista there is no Address Book, just Contacts. > > How can i get the "To:" list organized to show the Contact folders with > associated email addresses?

11-17-2007

When you are looking at the list of contacts after clicking on 'To',
click on the 'Name' column header. Each click will cycle to a different
sort, for a total of four. I believe that once this is done, it will remember
your preference from then on.

--
Gary VanderMolen [MS-MVP WLM]

"dolphino" <dolphino@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:0C02AB4A-B214-434A-8D45-0CA57B906F38@xxxxxx

	Quote:
	>I don't know if this is where I'm supposed to enter my post, but here goes: > I couldn't figure out how to post a new question, so I am expanding on RNB's > question: I am trying to set up my "address book", and while I can sort the > contacts alphabetically by last name (which is what I want), when I'm sending > an e-mail and click on "To" to select recipients, they are listed > alphabetically by FIRST name - which I do NOT want. How can I change this? > OE let me arrange them anyway I wanted. Any help will be greatly > appreciated!

11-17-2007

Click on the Name heading... it has 4 different sorts..

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http://get.live.com/wlmail/overview

"dolphino" <dolphino@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:0C02AB4A-B214-434A-8D45-0CA57B906F38@xxxxxx

Quote:

> I don't know if this is where I'm supposed to enter my post, but here
> goes:
> I couldn't figure out how to post a new question, so I am expanding on
> RNB's
> question: I am trying to set up my "address book", and while I can sort
> the
> contacts alphabetically by last name (which is what I want), when I'm
> sending
> an e-mail and click on "To" to select recipients, they are listed
> alphabetically by FIRST name - which I do NOT want. How can I change
> this?
> OE let me arrange them anyway I wanted. Any help will be greatly
> appreciated!
>
> "RNB" wrote:
>

	Quote:
	>> While I can put my contacts into folders, when composing email and I >> click on >> the "To:" I get an alphabetical list of all my contacts. They are not >> sorted >> into the contact folders. In OE you could organize the "To:" list via >> the >> "Adress Book", but in Vista there is no Address Book, just Contacts. >> >> How can i get the "To:" list organized to show the Contact folders with >> associated email addresses?

**Brink** · 11-17-2007

	Quote:	RNB
	While I can put my contacts into folders, when composing email and I click on the "To:" I get an alphabetical list of all my contacts. They are not sorted into the contact folders. In OE you could organize the "To:" list via the "Adress Book", but in Vista there is no Address Book, just Contacts. How can i get the "To:" list organized to show the Contact folders with associated email addresses?

Hi RNB,

Sorry, Windows Mail does not support that feature anymore. The closest thing you can get to a folder to show up in the "TO:" area is a Contact Group. You can see how to make one in this tutorial.

http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/69738-contacts.html

Shawn

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