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How to get "Display as" in Contacts (e-mail) to show last name
Tish wrote:
If the purpose of distribution lists is not to actually create usable distribution lists....ones where you can see your list in good alpha order by last name, it's easy to understand why people are using everything but distribution lists to accomplish their goals. So what did Microsoft actually have in mind for the real purpose of a distribution list ????? Something else to be aware of - when adding members to a DL from a Contacts folder, the "Name" column in the Address Book view will use a Contact field called "Subject", which may contain something different from your File As or Display As fields. You can see the field if you display your Contacts in a table view and then add that field from the "All Contact Fields" category using Field Chooser. This field (and the Display As field) seem originally to be generated from the Full Name field (without the Title field), but once created, it doesn't change even if you change the Display As. -- Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook] |
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How to get "Display as" in Contacts (e-mail) to show last name
Thanks Brian. This info is really helpful. Much more so than the option
would be of continuing to create individual contact folders for each distribution list. Perhaps this approach will also help us when we wish to export the information for use in an Earthlink address book. (We export as our messages epitomize the problems that spam filters are designed to flag ---we have either large attachments or embedded photos and we normally send from a private server. Exporting our messages to an Earthlink address makes them 'more trustworthy' to many of our recipients. Brian, I always look forward to your responses as they 'fix' our problems. Thank you. "Brian Tillman" wrote: Tish wrote: If the purpose of distribution lists is not to actually create usable distribution lists....ones where you can see your list in good alpha order by last name, it's easy to understand why people are using everything but distribution lists to accomplish their goals. So what did Microsoft actually have in mind for the real purpose of a distribution list ????? Something else to be aware of - when adding members to a DL from a Contacts folder, the "Name" column in the Address Book view will use a Contact field called "Subject", which may contain something different from your File As or Display As fields. You can see the field if you display your Contacts in a table view and then add that field from the "All Contact Fields" category using Field Chooser. This field (and the Display As field) seem originally to be generated from the Full Name field (without the Title field), but once created, it doesn't change even if you change the Display As. -- Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook] |
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How to get "Display as" in Contacts (e-mail) to show last name
Tish wrote:
Perhaps this approach will also help us when we wish to export the information for use in an Earthlink address book. (We export as our messages epitomize the problems that spam filters are designed to flag ---we have either large attachments or embedded photos and we normally send from a private server. Exporting our messages to an Earthlink address makes them 'more trustworthy' to many of our recipients. Some other suggestions for handling bulk mail can be found he http://www.slipstick.com/addins/massmail.asp -- Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook] |
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