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2003: New Contact: Change default File As to: Company (First Last)
Happy Friday everyone.
I need to find a way to add or change the File As options when creating a new contact in Outlook 2003. The end result I'm looking for is: Company (FirstName LastName). I know outlook will do this in reverse: Company (LastName FirstName) but this is not what I'm looking for. I've spent hours searching with Google, and people have asked this for years, but I have not seen a single answer out there yet. A few people recommended buying some German application that assists with Outlook contacts, but that is not an option as I need this for work. Anyone have a clue? I am moderately competent with computers, so could handle customizing Outlook if someone got me pointed in the right direction. Thanks! |
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New Contact: Change default File As to: Company (First Last)
The reason you fond no answers is that there are none. The only options for
the File As field for new Contacts are the ones built into Outlook. To change the File As field after the Contact is created requires running code: http://support.microsoft.com/default...Product=ol2002 -- Russ Valentine "MORRISONPETER" wrote in message ... Happy Friday everyone. I need to find a way to add or change the File As options when creating a new contact in Outlook 2003. The end result I'm looking for is: Company (FirstName LastName). I know outlook will do this in reverse: Company (LastName FirstName) but this is not what I'm looking for. I've spent hours searching with Google, and people have asked this for years, but I have not seen a single answer out there yet. A few people recommended buying some German application that assists with Outlook contacts, but that is not an option as I need this for work. Anyone have a clue? I am moderately competent with computers, so could handle customizing Outlook if someone got me pointed in the right direction. Thanks! |
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New Contact: Change default File As to: Company (First Last)
See http://www.slipstick.com/contacts/fileas.asp
If you want this to occur in real-time (any time the contact's name / company is changed) - you'll need to trigger code similar to the above whenever the contact item is saved. Just a matter of writing/implementing some VBA code on each of the machines where this needs to be applied. Either of Sue Mosher's books - Microsoft Outlook Programming or Microsoft Outlook 2007 Programming would be a really good resource for you (see http://www.outlookcode.com - another resource you may find very helpful) Karl __________________________________________________ ____ Karl Timmermans - The Claxton Group ContactGenie - Importer/DataPorter/Exporter/Toolkit "Contact import/export/data management tools for Outlook '2000/2007" http://www.contactgenie.com "MORRISONPETER" wrote in message ... Happy Friday everyone. I need to find a way to add or change the File As options when creating a new contact in Outlook 2003. The end result I'm looking for is: Company (FirstName LastName). I know outlook will do this in reverse: Company (LastName FirstName) but this is not what I'm looking for. I've spent hours searching with Google, and people have asked this for years, but I have not seen a single answer out there yet. A few people recommended buying some German application that assists with Outlook contacts, but that is not an option as I need this for work. Anyone have a clue? I am moderately competent with computers, so could handle customizing Outlook if someone got me pointed in the right direction. Thanks! |
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