Barry Wainwright: > On 22/05/2007 13:42, "Steve Ball" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> I seem to have a talent for coming up with questions for which no one has an >> answer. I'll run this one up the flagpole one more time: >> >> When I sort my address book alphabetically the first 10 entries are: >> >> Macquarie Investment Management Limited >> Apple Computer >> American Express >> AMCOS >> Computershare Investor Services >> Commonwealth Securities >> Colonial First State >> CitiBank >> Centrelink >> "Asgard Capital Management Ltd." (I have no idea why this last address >> acquired quotes when being copied and pasted, none of the others did). >> >> Can someone please explain why the sort isn't alphabetical? (And the quotes >> added to the last address?) >> >> Thanks in advance, >> Steve = : ^ ) >> > > Entourage sorts by last name, even though it displays in 'first name, last > name' format. It is possible that the first entry in that list is in the > 'first name' field and the last name field is empty (or has a space > character in it). Check how they are set up by opening each contact.
Barry, there were no characters in the "First" and 'Last' name fields of the 'Macquarie Investment Management Limited' contact. To make sure, I typed something in each field, then deleted it and saved. I then sorted by another field and then by 'Name' again, and 'Macquarie Investment Management Limited' is still the first entry in the list. > As for the quotes, it is possible that when you copy-pasted info in there > was a comma or some other punctuation in the field - Entourage will > automatically 'protect' such entries with quote characters, as do many > character delimited import routines. So that would be due to the period (.) at the end of "Ltd.", yes? Steve = : ^ ) -- To unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> archives: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.letterrip.com/> old-archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.boingo.com/>
