George, Try _grouping_ by category instead of sorting. ....Peter george <> emailed on Monday, October 13, 2003 3:13 PM: (at least in part)..... > Hi everyone - a first question from a list-lurker: > > In Outlook 2002 I am unable to sort my contacts by category. (The > error message says "You cannot sort by this field.") I have my > contacts organised into some useful categories and find this curious > (to me) inflexibility annoying. Is there a way around this?=20 ************************************************************* You are receiving this mail because you subscribed to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx or MicrosoftOffice@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To send mail to the group, simply address it to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To Unsubscribe from this group, send an email to mso-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" (without the quotes) in the subject line. Or, visit the group's homepage and use the dropdown menu. This will also allow you to change your email settings to digest or vacation (no mail). //www.freelists.org/webpage/mso To be able to use the files section for sharing files with the group, send a request to mso-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx and you will be sent an invitation with instructions. Once you are a member of the files group, you can go here to upload/download files: http://www.smartgroups.com/vault/msofiles *************************************************************