Indexing problem in address book

When I access address book from .Mac Mail
the list of names in the address book is not indexed
although in .Mac Mail preferences I have the
entries in address book to be displayed as:
Default sort order: first name
Display order : first name and surname.
Anyone has encountered this problem? Any
help appreciated. Thank you.

Hi AA, try this:
Navigate to ~(yourHome)/Library/Preferences/com.apple.AddressBook.plist and delete that file. Then relaunch AddressBook.
-mj
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