why can't i sort contacts by category?

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Jan B - 21 Jul 2006 12:55 GMT

Hi! I finaly got myself to sort my contact and noticed after introducing a
category to each contact (what a hassle) that I couldnt sort them by
category!!!!!!!! When I click on the top of the category list outlook says:
"you cannot sort by this field" and if i try to do it via the navigation pane
they dont get sorted at all...

Does anybody know if this is a bug, virus, etc.. or Am I just a hack?

Thanks for any help.

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Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook] - 21 Jul 2006 13:03 GMT

Why? Because the Categories field can have multiple values, which makes sorting meaningless. Use grouping instead.

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Nicolas PIEROT - 21 Jul 2006 13:09 GMT

Hi,

Go to :
View / Reoganized by / Actual View / By Category

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Paul - 03 Jan 2008 17:42 GMT

Thank you for your question.
It helped me too

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Judy Gleeson (MVP Outlook) - 04 Jan 2008 00:03 GMT

Try this for information: www.judygleeson.com/articles.aspx

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