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Old April 17th, 2010, 05:26 PM posted to microsoft.public.outlook.contacts
PJay
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Default Contact First & Last names the wrong way around

In Outlook 2003 when creating a new contact I typed their name into the
name field in the order Firstname Middlename Lastname and Outlook placed them
in the correct order. I've recently upgraded to Outlook 2007 and now when I
type in a name, for example John Smith Outlook takes John as the lastname and
Smith as the Firstname and displays John, Smith (it's set to file as
Lastname, Firstname).

Options Preferences Contact Options Default Fullname Order is set to
Firstname Middlename Lastname (as I want it).

To confuse things further I have a number of contacts that worked correctly
in Outlook 2007 and display correct in Outlook 2007 in that John Smith would
display correctly in the Fullname field, when I click the Fullname button
which opens the Check Fullname dialoge I see the First and Last names in
their correct fields but the minute I close it the First and Last names are
reversed in the Fullname field and Outlook registers the contact as having
been changed.

Any thoughts on how I can get this working.
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Old April 17th, 2010, 05:34 PM posted to microsoft.public.outlook.contacts
Russ Valentine
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Default Contact First & Last names the wrong way around

Parse the name elements yourself. Do not use the Full Name field.
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In Outlook 2003 when creating a new contact I typed their name into the
name field in the order Firstname Middlename Lastname and Outlook placed
them
in the correct order. I've recently upgraded to Outlook 2007 and now when
I
type in a name, for example John Smith Outlook takes John as the lastname
and
Smith as the Firstname and displays John, Smith (it's set to file as
Lastname, Firstname).

Options Preferences Contact Options Default Fullname Order is set to
Firstname Middlename Lastname (as I want it).

To confuse things further I have a number of contacts that worked
correctly
in Outlook 2007 and display correct in Outlook 2007 in that John Smith
would
display correctly in the Fullname field, when I click the Fullname button
which opens the Check Fullname dialoge I see the First and Last names in
their correct fields but the minute I close it the First and Last names
are
reversed in the Fullname field and Outlook registers the contact as having
been changed.

Any thoughts on how I can get this working.


 




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