Entourage 2004 Address Book and Contacts with Only a Company

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Why doesn¹t Entourage¹s Address Book sort entries with only a company name
properly in the Name column? I¹ve got several entries where I just have the
company name for example, my HMO, the local Apple Store, my gym, etc.
Address Book puts the company name in the ³Name² column of the Address Book,
but doesn¹t sort them. This gets very confusing when I sync to my phone via
Salling¹s MobileSync, which puts them all at the end of my S-E T637¹s phone
book, after the entries with full names. Is this a known bug?

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Paul
Sat Nov 27 17:53:28 CST 2004

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On 11/27/04 1:26 PM, in article BDCE30F2.6F7C%prometheus@comcast.net,
"Prometheus" <prometheus@comcast.net> wrote:

> Why doesn¹t Entourage¹s Address Book sort entries with only a company name
> properly in the Name column? I¹ve got several entries where I just have the
> company name for example, my HMO, the local Apple Store, my gym, etc.
> Address Book puts the company name in the ³Name² column of the Address Book,
> but doesn¹t sort them. This gets very confusing when I sync to my phone via
> Salling¹s MobileSync, which puts them all at the end of my S-E T637¹s phone
> book, after the entries with full names. Is this a known bug?

Yes, and very annoying. Before 2004, Entourage never entered the company
name of a "nameless" contact in the Name column at all, and all "nameless"
contacts all sat up at the top. Now Entourage will enter, in this order as
a field is non-empty: nickname, company, email address, IM address. But
they're not sorted amongst the other contacts (as Apple's Address Book does
it). They still sit there at the top.

The workaround is to copy the company name into the Last Name field for
nameless contacts. Same with email address, if that's all there is, etc.

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Entourage FAQ Page: <http://www.entourage.mvps.org/faq/index.html>
AppleScripts for Entourage: <http://macscripter.net/scriptbuilders/>

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theus" <prometheus@comcast.net> wrote: 
 
<BLOCKQUOTE>Why doesn’t Entourage’s Address Book sort e=
ntries with only a company name properly in the Name column? I’ve got =
several entries where I just have the company name – for example, my H=
MO, the local Apple Store, my gym, etc. Address Book puts the company name i=
n the “Name” column of the Address Book, but doesn’t sort =
them. This gets very confusing when I sync to my phone via Salling’s M=
obileSync, which puts them all at the end of my S-E T637’s phone book,=
after the entries with full names. Is this a known bug? 
</BLOCKQUOTE> 
Yes, and very annoying. Before 2004, Entourage never entered the  comp=
any name of a "nameless" contact in the Name column at all, and al=
l "nameless" contacts all sat up at the top. Now Entourage will en=
ter, in  this order as a field is non-empty: nickname, company, email a=
ddress, IM address. But they're not sorted amongst the other contacts (as Ap=
ple's Address Book does it). They still sit there at the top. 
 
The workaround is to copy the company name into the Last Name field for nam=
eless contacts. Same with email address, if that's all there is, etc. 
 
-- 
Paul Berkowitz 
MVP MacOffice 
Entourage FAQ Page: <a href=3D"http://www.entourage.mvps.org/faq/index.html">=
<http://www.entourage.mvps.org/faq/index.html></a> 
AppleScripts for Entourage: <a href=3D"http://macscripter.net/scriptbuilders/=
"><http://macscripter.net/scriptbuilders/></a> 
 
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Prometheus
Wed Dec 08 15:06:00 CST 2004

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Hmmm.

What makes this odder is that when syncing to my Palm OS 5 device,
everything is sorted properly.

Wasn¹t Microsoft going to deliver an updated Palm conduit to support the
features in Palm OS 5 (such as multiple addresses, categories, etc)?

On 11/27/04 15:53, in article BDCE5378.7C510%berkowit@spoof_silcom.com,
"Paul Berkowitz" <berkowit@spoof_silcom.com> wrote:

> On 11/27/04 1:26 PM, in article BDCE30F2.6F7C%prometheus@comcast.net,
> "Prometheus" <prometheus@comcast.net> wrote:
>
>> Why doesn¹t Entourage¹s Address Book sort entries with only a company name
>> properly in the Name column? I¹ve got several entries where I just have the
>> company name for example, my HMO, the local Apple Store, my gym, etc.
>> Address Book puts the company name in the ³Name² column of the Address Book,
>> but doesn¹t sort them. This gets very confusing when I sync to my phone via
>> Salling¹s MobileSync, which puts them all at the end of my S-E T637¹s phone
>> book, after the entries with full names. Is this a known bug?
>
> Yes, and very annoying. Before 2004, Entourage never entered the company name
> of a "nameless" contact in the Name column at all, and all "nameless" contacts
> all sat up at the top. Now Entourage will enter, in this order as a field is
> non-empty: nickname, company, email address, IM address. But they're not
> sorted amongst the other contacts (as Apple's Address Book does it). They
> still sit there at the top.
>
> The workaround is to copy the company name into the Last Name field for
> nameless contacts. Same with email address, if that's all there is, etc.

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Hmmm.=
 
 
What makes this odder is that when syncing to my Palm OS 5 device, everythi=
ng is sorted properly. 
 
Wasn’t Microsoft going to deliver an updated Palm conduit to support =
the features in Palm OS 5 (such as multiple addresses, categories, etc)? 
 
 
On 11/27/04 15:53, in article BDCE5378.7C510%berkowit@spoof_silcom.com, &qu=
ot;Paul Berkowitz" <berkowit@spoof_silcom.com> wrote: 
 
<BLOCKQUOTE>On 11/27/04 1:26 PM, in article BDCE30F2.6F7C%prometheu=
s@comcast.net, "Prometheus" <prometheus@comcast.net> wrote:<=
BR>
 
<BLOCKQUOTE>Why doesn’t Entourage’s Address Book sort e=
ntries with only a company name properly in the Name column? I’ve got =
several entries where I just have the company name – for example, my H=
MO, the local Apple Store, my gym, etc. Address Book puts the company name i=
n the “Name” column of the Address Book, but doesn’t sort =
them. This gets very confusing when I sync to my phone via Salling’s M=
obileSync, which puts them all at the end of my S-E T637’s phone book,=
after the entries with full names. Is this a known bug? 
</BLOCKQUOTE> 
Yes, and very annoying. Before 2004, Entourage never entered the  comp=
any name of a "nameless" contact in the Name column at all, and al=
l "nameless" contacts all sat up at the top. Now Entourage will en=
ter, in  this order as a field is non-empty: nickname, company, email a=
ddress, IM address. But they're not sorted amongst the other contacts (as Ap=
ple's Address Book does it). They still sit there at the top. 
 
The workaround is to copy the company name into the Last Name field for nam=
eless contacts. Same with email address, if that's all there is, etc. 
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kbleicher
Sun Dec 12 08:15:59 CST 2004

Sign me up; I have the same problem with the Treo 650 I purchased this
week. I posted a reply to a topic last updated in May reporting the
same problem. I've since found this much more recent thread so now I
know the problem still exists :-(

A brother in pain....

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