Thread: how do views *really* work ??

Hi folks. I'm desperately trying to understand how "Outlook views" work ... they just don't behave consistently at all. And the Outlook Help isn't helpful on that point.

OK, let's say I define a custom view, grouped by "country/region". I give it a name: "test view". Fine. But then I go to a different contacts folder, choose "test view", but now the list is ungrouped, there are other columns (some I had before are missing, some are new), etc.

Normally a view (e.g. "test view") should make all contacts folder look the same when viewed in that particular view, isn't it ?

Many thanks for your help.

(PS: And yes, I chose "can be used on: all contact folders".)

OK, for example:

I use "view > current view > define views...", choose "test view" from
the names of views, click on "modify", click on "fields" and move the
column "location" from the right list (visible) to the left list
(invisible), then "OK > OK > apply view". Fine. The location column
disappears.

Now I go to a different contacts folder. I choose "view > current view > test view", but now the "location" column is still there ... but it shouldn't! And if I now repeat the same steps as above ("view > current view > define views...", choose "test view" from the names of views, click on "modify", click on "fields"), I see that "location"
does show up in the right list again, although I had moved it to the left list just some seconds ago ...