Is there a wild card character? As an example: looking for "ala" anywhere in
the contact name, etc. That is any character(s) before the letters 'ala'. I
tried * and ?. No good. Thank you for your help.

You provided no information that would permit any help.
State Outlook version.
State search method.
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Outlook 2003
Search Method:
1) open global address book
2) select the Find Items icon
3) type in the characters I'm looking for in a field it could be in. For
example, type "ala" in the Last Name field.

"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

Aha. The GAL. Nice to know. May not even be an Outlook question.
Try using Advanced Find or ask you Exchange Administrator.

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