Go to Tools/Options in Outlook and click on the Contacts options tab. You'll see where you can change the default to Last Name. David ----- Original Message ----- From: bilbo hinklemire<mailto:bilbo4334@xxxxxxxxx> To: MS Office<mailto:mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, February 26, 2004 9:55 AM Subject: [mso] Outlook Contacts i'm somewhat new to Outlook XP. i have contacts arranged by last name first or in alphabetical order by last name. when i'm composing an email message and i click on "to" the names are in alphabetical order by first name. i have to type in the first name of the contact to get to the contact i want. is there a way to default this part to last name? i can not seem to find the way to do this. i would apprciate it. --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? New Yahoo! Photos - easier uploading and sharing ************************************************************* You are receiving this mail because you subscribed to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> or MicrosoftOffice@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:MicrosoftOffice@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>. To send mail to the group, simply address it to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> To Unsubscribe from this group, send an email to mso-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto: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<//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<mailto: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<http://www.smartgroups.com/vault/msofiles> ************************************************************* ************************************************************* 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 *************************************************************