If you told Outlook to sort by First, Last, then it is.
My suspicion is that you created your Contacts incorrectly and failed to
parse the name elements to their appropriate field. If you enter names into
the Full Name field, for example, there is a very good chance the name
elements didn't parse correctly. Parse them yourself.
Russ Valentine
"Bluebonnet" <Bluebonnet> wrote in message
news:4BCA5210-66F1-4891-B0C0-9F2756828944@microsoft.com...
> As I stated in my original post, sort order is First Last. And as I also
> stated, I tried chainging it to Last First, restarted Outlook, then
> changed
> it to First Last and restarted Outlook again. (I had already read
> previous
> postings mentiioning the restarts.) And yes, I do manually change the
> Display if I don't like Outlook's default. That shouldn't affect the sort
> order of the list that pops up when I'm sending an e-mail. Most of the
> items
> in the list are First Last; it's only about 10% that keep coming up Last
> First. If I have to delete those and re-enter them, I will, but I was
> hoping
> to isolate the cause.
> "Russ Valentine" wrote:
>
> > Not really. You failed to mention the sort order you specified. Whenever
> > you
> > change the sort order, you must restart Outlook.
> > Your "Display As" field is confusing. Did you manually reset it from
> > Outlook's default?
> > > > Russ Valentine
> > "Bluebonnet" <Bluebonnet> wrote in message
> > news:C2C58236-CC18-4073-B76C-0D95761B8387@microsoft.com...
> > > Okay, here's a specific example...
> >> > First, one that is showing up the way I'd like (First Last):
> > > In Contacts, the record for Sue Young has File As: Young, Sue and
> > > Display
> > > As: Sue.
> > > When I compose an e-mail and click To: (opening the address list), Sue
> > > shows
> > > up as "Sue Young".
> >> > Second, Karen Young is entered exactly the same way. File As: Young,
> > > Karen
> > > and Display As: Karen.
> >> > When I compose an e-mail and click To:, Karen shows up as "Young,
> > > Karen".
> >> > Since their records appear to be set up identically, I don't understand
> > > why
> > > one shows up First Last and the other one shows up Last First. I can't
> > > find
> > > anything different between the two records.
> >> > I hope this helps clarify what's puzzling me...
> >>> > "Russ Valentine" wrote:
> >> >> So explain what isn't happening that you think should.
> > >> Outlook obeys your settings. Provide an example where it does not. Pay
> > >> attention to your File As field if that is the field by which you are
> > >> sorting.
> > >> > > >> Russ Valentine
> > >> "Bluebonnet" <Bluebonnet> wrote in message
> > >> news:2F5562A2-F532-4732-8C38-BE9AE3409900@microsoft.com...
> > >> > Tools>Account Settings>Address Books>Outlook Address Book
>> >>> >> > The choices are First Last (John Smith) or File As (Smith, John)
> > >>> >> > So I guess I would have been more correct to say some of them are
> > >> > showing
> > >> > up
> > >> > in File As format.
> > >>> >> > "Russ Valentine" wrote:
> > >>> >> >> Sort order for what view?
> > >> >> The address book view has no "Last, First" option.
> > >> >> > > >> >> Russ Valentine
> > >> >> "Bluebonnet" <Bluebonnet> wrote in
> > >> >> message
> > >> >> news:FB933A10-68C0-48DE-AD20-B42B420C0407@microsoft.com...
> > >> >> >I am using Outlook 2007. My sort order is set to First Last, and
> > >> >> >I
> > >> >> >have
> > >> >> > changed it to Last First, restarted Outlook, and changed it back
> > >> >> > to
> > >> >> > First
> > >> >> > Last and restarted again. Still, when I go to send an e-mail,
> > >> >> > about
> > >> >> > 90%
> > >> >> > of
> > >> >> > my contacts are in correct First Last order, but the other 10% is
> > >> >> > in
> > >> >> > Last
> > >> >> > First. The erroneous info appears to be quite random, as I've
> > >> >> > looked
> > >> >> > at
> > >> >> > the
> > >> >> > actual contact records and there is nothing unusual about them.
> > >> >> > Is
> > >> >> > there
> > >> >> > any
> > >> >> > way to correct this, besides completely deleting those contacts
> > >> >> > and
> > >> >> > re-entering them?
> > >> >
>> >> >> .
> > >> >
>> >
>> >> .
> > >>
>
>> .
> >
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