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Old 08-18-2007   #1 (permalink)
RNB
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Organizing Contacts

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?

My System SpecsSystem Spec
Old 11-17-2007   #2 (permalink)
dolphino
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RE: Organizing Contacts



"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?
My System SpecsSystem Spec
Old 11-17-2007   #3 (permalink)
dolphino
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RE: Organizing Contacts

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?
My System SpecsSystem Spec
Old 11-17-2007   #4 (permalink)
Gary VanderMolen
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Re: Organizing Contacts

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.

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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!
My System SpecsSystem Spec
Old 11-17-2007   #5 (permalink)
Dave
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Re: Organizing Contacts

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?
My System SpecsSystem Spec
Old 11-17-2007   #6 (permalink)
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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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