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Outlook 2013 Absolute Beginner's Guide Diane Poremsky [Outlook MVP]

Tip 75: Sorting the Address Book Entries

You can change how your address book entries are sorted by changing the sort order in the Address book options dialog.

Your choices are "First Last" or "File as" format.

To change this in Outlook 2003 and older, go to Tools, E-mail accounts, View or change existing directories or address books, Outlook Address Book, Change, Set your sort order.

Change the sort order in Outlook 2003 address book

Published December 22, 2003. Last updated on June 7, 2013.

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This only works for new entries. I need to find out how to change the sort order for existing entries.

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No, it works for all entries. If your file as format varies, it's not going to help much to sort. I have a macro that you can use to change the File as format so its consistent. See Change file as formatfor the code.

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