How do I change my address book so that the last name appears first?

You have a few different ways to view contacts:





alphabetized groups


searching


category


alphabetized groups





To view all your contacts in a section of the alphabet, click on the section you want. For example, clicking "Ed-Ho" lists all your contacts that fall between, say, Edwards and Hong. The actual section breaks you see will change depending on how you sort your contacts (First Name, Last Name or Email), how many contacts are in your Address Book and how many contacts you've opted to view per page.





searching





Search your contacts by typing a name (first, last or nickname), email address or domain, or a fragment in the "Search Contacts" window in the upper-left corner of your Address Book. Matches are displayed alphabetically.





categories





Pick a category from the left side of your Yahoo! Address Book to view your contacts by category. You assign contacts to categories when you enter contact information, and you can create your own categories. Learn more about categories here!





In any view, sort your contacts by using the handy pull-down menu once you click on the "Sort By" link. It's on the bottom of the page, near the "Check All/Clear" link. See it? Just use the pull down menu to choose from "First Name," "Last Name," or "Email".





You can view up to 100 contacts per page. Your account's set to 50 by default. Here's how to change the setting if you'd like to view more, or fewer:





Click the "Options" link in the upper-right corner of your Yahoo! Address Book


Under "Personalization", click "General Preferences".


Select the number of contacts you want displayed per page under "Number of Contacts".


Click the "Save" button if you make any changes. $

How do I change my address book so that the last name appears first?
There is an option to change this.


Open your address book and go to the bottom of the page. Where it says "Sort By", click "Last Name."
Reply:If you are talking about Yahoo Mail, there is no provision for changing the display of names so last name appears first. I suppose if you don't have too many contacts, you could re-key all the names so that last names are entered in the first name field and vice versa.