Teach Yourself VISUALLY™ Outlook® 2007

Customize the Sort Operation

Suppose you sort your contacts by category, but you want to refine the operation by sorting the entries within each category. For example, you might want to display all contacts in the Work category by company. You might then want to sort those entries alphabetically by last name. Fortunately, Outlook makes it easy to customize the sort operation.

Customize the Sort Operation

1.	After sorting your contacts by category (as shown here), by company, or by location, click View.
2.	Click Current View.
3.	Click Customize Current View. [View full size image] The Customize View dialog box appears.
4.	Click the Sort button. The Sort dialog box appears.
5.	Click the Sort Items By .
6.	Choose the parameter by which you want to sort. This example shows Company as the selected parameter. [View full size image] Note: You may need to drag the scroll bar in the drop-down list ...