Sorting by "category" in the Navigation bar won't work

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mkilmarx - 21 Aug 2006 21:53 GMT

The addresses in "comtacts" do not sort by category. When i try to click the
category field on top of the address themselves it informs me "you cannot
sort by this field" What is happening? How can i send an email to a list of
my categories? Can I easily make a category a distribution list?

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Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook] - 21 Aug 2006 22:42 GMT

Set the default sorting of the Contact folder to By Category using the
dropdown.

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After furious head scratching, mkilmarx asked:

| The addresses in "comtacts" do not sort by category. When i try to
| click the category field on top of the address themselves it informs
| me "you cannot sort by this field" What is happening? How can i send
| an email to a list of my categories? Can I easily make a category a
| distribution list?

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mkilmarx - 21 Aug 2006 23:33 GMT

Yes, that is what I tried, (I think). In the "Current View" menu I checked
the "Sort by Category" option (in the vertical, not drop down, menu) however
it does not sort. The categoris are listed but they are mixed up. THEN I
click on the horizontal bar menu aacross the top of the page (also containing
Full Name, Company, File as etc...) and I get a pop up informing me "You
cannot sort by this field"

sigh

Thanks

> Set the default sorting of the Contact folder to By Category using the
> dropdown.
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> | an email to a list of my categories? Can I easily make a category a
> | distribution list?

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Judy Gleeson (MVP Outlook) - 22 Aug 2006 01:12 GMT

I suggest you turn on the Advanced Toolbar and use the Group By function,
rather than the Arrange by Function.

The By Category view puts the field Category in the Group By Box. You
cannot "sort" by category - only group.

One way to so send an email to a whole group, is to Group, then just grab
and drag the header of that group to the Outbox.

> Yes, that is what I tried, (I think). In the "Current View" menu I checked
> the "Sort by Category" option (in the vertical, not drop down, menu)
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>> | an email to a list of my categories? Can I easily make a category a
>> | distribution list?

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