Configuring Address Books and Addressing Options

Outlook 2007 offers a handful of settings you can use to configure the way your address books display contacts and address information. You also can add other address books and choose which address book Outlook 2007 uses by default for opening and storing addresses and processing messages.

Setting the Contacts Display Option for the OAB

You can set only one option for the OAB. This setting controls the order in which Outlook 2007 displays names from the OAB: either First Name, Last Name or Last Name, First Name.

Follow these steps to set this display option:

  1. If Outlook 2007 is open, choose Tools, Account Settings, and then select the Address Books tab. If Outlook 2007 is not open, right-click the Outlook ...

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