How do I sort my address book by the last name, not the first name

AS I created my address book the names were added randomly to the address book. When I print out the address book the names come up with first name, Last name (all in random order alphabetically). I would like them to come up with Last name, first name, email address in alphabetic order by the Last Name. How do I get them sorted corretly??

Enable the menu in the Address Book. Then look at the options under View and Sort By.
More here on sorting: http://www.ramsden.org.uk/8_How_to_sort.html
And about menus here: http://chrisramsden.vfast.co.uk/13_Menus_in_Thunderbird.html

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