How do I change or add columns in the address book when viewing the Global Address List?
I would like to add and remove columns that show up in Outlook's address book. I know I can search for that criteria in the address book, but I have many users that would like to view a column for "department", not "company". I'm using a custom address list with Exchange 2003. I also can't sort the columns; which I understand to be by design?
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No, I know that can't change details of a user through the address book interface, and I don't want to. What I want is to change the default view of the address book in Outlook. For instance, when opening the address book (ctrl-shift-b), I see several columns: Name, Title, Business Phone, Location, etc. Well, what if I don't want the "Location" column to show? I want that column to be "Department" instead. Since these are both fields in the user's property's, I figure there must be a way to do it. I've had a lot of users request this. They're used to clicking the column heading and sorting, changing the order or types of columns. But the address book doesn't appear to operate in this way.
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I scanned a lot of web links
https://www.experts-exchange.com/questions/20978744/How-Do-I-change-the-columns-in-the-OUtlook-Address-Book.html?sfQueryTermInfo=1+address+book+chang+field+header&anchorAnswerId=11165955#a11165955
But i think its not possible.
https://www.experts-exchange.com/questions/20978744/How-Do-I-change-the-columns-in-the-OUtlook-Address-Book.html?sfQueryTermInfo=1+address+book+chang+field+header&anchorAnswerId=11165955#a11165955
But i think its not possible.
Thanks for the points..
Did it work....
Did it work....
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Unfortunately for me it looks like you're correct. Well at least I know I'm not totally missing something. I'll probably have to rethink my idea of a custom global address list. Can an address list like the GAL be viewed in a different program that isn't hardcoded like Outlook? Thanks again!
I havent come accross any 3rd party tools....
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And no, those suggestions by other people that you linked to did not work for me. I had already tried them... your research was very helpful; it confirmed that this problem is a "feature", and apparently can't be changed, as the fields displayed are hard coded.
Having this option obviously would be beneficial to many. Put it on the list of things to do!
Are you talking about GAL users properties.
When you go to the users properties in the GAL address list you find all the details of the user.Firstname,Lastname,Ex