How do I get Outlook e-mail field to display e-mail, not name

My Outlook 2003 displays name in the e-mail field rather than e-mail. How do
I get it to show me the e-mail instead of the name. It shows name even if no
e-mail address for that contact.

How were these Contacts created? It sounds like you might have imported
them. Did you? Did they ever display correctly?
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"hansgast" wrote in message
...
My Outlook 2003 displays name in the e-mail field rather than e-mail. How
do
I get it to show me the e-mail instead of the name. It shows name even if
no
e-mail address for that contact.

I imported them from Outlook Express. I am a recent convert.
I should point out that they were first imported from Express to Outlook
2000 on my old laptop, then imported from old laptop to new laptop which has
outlook 2003.
Symptom started with Outlook 2000. Displayed logically in Express.

"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

How were these Contacts created? It sounds like you might have imported
them. Did you? Did they ever display correctly?
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"hansgast" wrote in message
...
My Outlook 2003 displays name in the e-mail field rather than e-mail. How
do
I get it to show me the e-mail instead of the name. It shows name even if
no
e-mail address for that contact.

No wonder. Rather an important detail to have left out and make us try to
guess. No solution known. Importing Contacts does not work well. There is a
slim chance that repairing your PST file might work, emphasis on slim. If
not, recreate your Contacts, and never import them again.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"hansgast" wrote in message
news
I imported them from Outlook Express. I am a recent convert.
I should point out that they were first imported from Express to Outlook
2000 on my old laptop, then imported from old laptop to new laptop which
has
outlook 2003.
Symptom started with Outlook 2000. Displayed logically in Express.

"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

How were these Contacts created? It sounds like you might have imported
them. Did you? Did they ever display correctly?
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"hansgast" wrote in message
...
My Outlook 2003 displays name in the e-mail field rather than e-mail.
How
do
I get it to show me the e-mail instead of the name. It shows name even
if
no
e-mail address for that contact.

This is not a data problem. It is a DISPLAY problem.
In most of the contacts, the e-mail address is in the field, but Outlook
won't display it unless I dig way down into the individual contact.
My guts tell me there should be a preference somewhere to address this.

"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

No wonder. Rather an important detail to have left out and make us try to
guess. No solution known. Importing Contacts does not work well. There is a
slim chance that repairing your PST file might work, emphasis on slim. If
not, recreate your Contacts, and never import them again.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"hansgast" wrote in message
news
I imported them from Outlook Express. I am a recent convert.
I should point out that they were first imported from Express to Outlook
2000 on my old laptop, then imported from old laptop to new laptop which
has
outlook 2003.
Symptom started with Outlook 2000. Displayed logically in Express.

"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

How were these Contacts created? It sounds like you might have imported
them. Did you? Did they ever display correctly?
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"hansgast" wrote in message
...
My Outlook 2003 displays name in the e-mail field rather than e-mail.
How
do
I get it to show me the e-mail instead of the name. It shows name even
if
no
e-mail address for that contact.

Nope. You must manually populate your Email Display As field. It was not
created correctly during the import. Sometimes just opening and saving the
Contact will reset it.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"hansgast" wrote in message
...
This is not a data problem. It is a DISPLAY problem.
In most of the contacts, the e-mail address is in the field, but Outlook
won't display it unless I dig way down into the individual contact.
My guts tell me there should be a preference somewhere to address this.

"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

No wonder. Rather an important detail to have left out and make us try to
guess. No solution known. Importing Contacts does not work well. There is
a
slim chance that repairing your PST file might work, emphasis on slim. If
not, recreate your Contacts, and never import them again.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"hansgast" wrote in message
news
I imported them from Outlook Express. I am a recent convert.
I should point out that they were first imported from Express to
Outlook
2000 on my old laptop, then imported from old laptop to new laptop
which
has
outlook 2003.
Symptom started with Outlook 2000. Displayed logically in Express.

"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

How were these Contacts created? It sounds like you might have
imported
them. Did you? Did they ever display correctly?
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"hansgast" wrote in message
...
My Outlook 2003 displays name in the e-mail field rather than
e-mail.
How
do
I get it to show me the e-mail instead of the name. It shows name
even
if
no
e-mail address for that contact.

Thanks for your patience and help!

"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

Nope. You must manually populate your Email Display As field. It was not
created correctly during the import. Sometimes just opening and saving the
Contact will reset it.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"hansgast" wrote in message
...
This is not a data problem. It is a DISPLAY problem.
In most of the contacts, the e-mail address is in the field, but Outlook
won't display it unless I dig way down into the individual contact.
My guts tell me there should be a preference somewhere to address this.

"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

No wonder. Rather an important detail to have left out and make us try to
guess. No solution known. Importing Contacts does not work well. There is
a
slim chance that repairing your PST file might work, emphasis on slim. If
not, recreate your Contacts, and never import them again.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"hansgast" wrote in message
news I imported them from Outlook Express. I am a recent convert.
I should point out that they were first imported from Express to
Outlook
2000 on my old laptop, then imported from old laptop to new laptop
which
has
outlook 2003.
Symptom started with Outlook 2000. Displayed logically in Express.

"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

How were these Contacts created? It sounds like you might have
imported
them. Did you? Did they ever display correctly?
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"hansgast" wrote in message
...
My Outlook 2003 displays name in the e-mail field rather than
e-mail.
How
do
I get it to show me the e-mail instead of the name. It shows name
even
if
no
e-mail address for that contact.

I now note that when I add a new contact, the system defaults to putting the
person's name in the e-mail display slot before the e-mail address.
As I said before, this is a display problem, not a data problem.
Is there a way to turn this off at least on the new contacts I enter in the
future?


"hansgast" wrote:

Thanks for your patience and help!

"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

Nope. You must manually populate your Email Display As field. It was not
created correctly during the import. Sometimes just opening and saving the
Contact will reset it.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"hansgast" wrote in message
...
This is not a data problem. It is a DISPLAY problem.
In most of the contacts, the e-mail address is in the field, but Outlook
won't display it unless I dig way down into the individual contact.
My guts tell me there should be a preference somewhere to address this.

"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

No wonder. Rather an important detail to have left out and make us try to
guess. No solution known. Importing Contacts does not work well. There is
a
slim chance that repairing your PST file might work, emphasis on slim. If
not, recreate your Contacts, and never import them again.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"hansgast" wrote in message
news I imported them from Outlook Express. I am a recent convert.
I should point out that they were first imported from Express to
Outlook
2000 on my old laptop, then imported from old laptop to new laptop
which
has
outlook 2003.
Symptom started with Outlook 2000. Displayed logically in Express.

"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

How were these Contacts created? It sounds like you might have
imported
them. Did you? Did they ever display correctly?
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"hansgast" wrote in message
...
My Outlook 2003 displays name in the e-mail field rather than
e-mail.
How
do
I get it to show me the e-mail instead of the name. It shows name
even
if
no
e-mail address for that contact.

There is no such setting. You cannot set the default format of the Email
Display As field. That is determined by the Outlook version.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"hansgast" wrote in message
news
I now note that when I add a new contact, the system defaults to putting
the
person's name in the e-mail display slot before the e-mail address.
As I said before, this is a display problem, not a data problem.
Is there a way to turn this off at least on the new contacts I enter in
the
future?


"hansgast" wrote:

Thanks for your patience and help!

"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

Nope. You must manually populate your Email Display As field. It was
not
created correctly during the import. Sometimes just opening and saving
the
Contact will reset it.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"hansgast" wrote in message
...
This is not a data problem. It is a DISPLAY problem.
In most of the contacts, the e-mail address is in the field, but
Outlook
won't display it unless I dig way down into the individual contact.
My guts tell me there should be a preference somewhere to address
this.

"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

No wonder. Rather an important detail to have left out and make us
try to
guess. No solution known. Importing Contacts does not work well.
There is
a
slim chance that repairing your PST file might work, emphasis on
slim. If
not, recreate your Contacts, and never import them again.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"hansgast" wrote in message
news I imported them from Outlook Express. I am a recent convert.
I should point out that they were first imported from Express to
Outlook
2000 on my old laptop, then imported from old laptop to new laptop
which
has
outlook 2003.
Symptom started with Outlook 2000. Displayed logically in Express.

"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

How were these Contacts created? It sounds like you might have
imported
them. Did you? Did they ever display correctly?
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"hansgast" wrote in message
...
My Outlook 2003 displays name in the e-mail field rather than
e-mail.
How
do
I get it to show me the e-mail instead of the name. It shows
name
even
if
no
e-mail address for that contact.