How can I add the File As field in the Address Book view in 2003?

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Thoa H - 31 Aug 2004 00:32 GMT

I click on New Mail Message to compose, then the To...
button to bring up the Address Book. In the field, Show
Names from the:, I select Contacts. The view shows Name,
Display Name, E-mail Address, and E-mail Type. What ever
happened to the File As field? How can I add it in
Outlook 2003 running Exchange 2003? I want to be able to
see the File As with name and company name when I look in
my Contacts when composing a message. Or is there any
other way to sort by company other than going into the
Contacts folder to look up the company name first before
composing an e-mail. That just seems ridiculous. Outlook
XP with Exhange 2000 used to have the File As field.
Thanks.

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Russ Valentine - 31 Aug 2004 02:27 GMT

Nothing has changed. The column headers never said "File As"
You can still sort by the File As field, however.
Tools > E-mail accounts > View or change existing directories or address
books > Outlook Address Book > Change. > Set your sort order there

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>I click on New Mail Message to compose, then the To...
> button to bring up the Address Book. In the field, Show
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> XP with Exhange 2000 used to have the File As field.
> Thanks.

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Thoah - 02 Sep 2004 01:11 GMT

Thanks, but when I go to Tools > E-mail accounts > View or
change existing directories or address

>books > Outlook Address Book > Change, the only thing I

can change is Show names by first last (John Smith) or
File As (Smith, John. My question is how do I get a field
to show the same information the File As field shows when
I'm composing a message and clicking the To... button that
brings up the address book. I want to select Contacts and
have the contacts show up with Company Name (Last, First)

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>Nothing has changed. The column headers never said "File As"
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Russ Valentine - 02 Sep 2004 01:53 GMT

It already does. When you select the File As option for sorting, the Files
As field is what shows up in the Name field.

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> Thanks, but when I go to Tools > E-mail accounts > View or
> change existing directories or address
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