Why do imported contacts only appear in Last, First name order

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RRockwell - 19 Dec 2005 17:40 GMT

I am importing an Excel spreadsheet and no matter what I set as the new
contact format, the imported records come in LastName, FirstName order. Is
there a way to have them in FirstName LastName with no comma in between?

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Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] - 19 Dec 2005 21:04 GMT

You failed to specify the field to which you are referring. If it is a
derived field, you cannot control that when you import.

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>I am importing an Excel spreadsheet and no matter what I set as the new
> contact format, the imported records come in LastName, FirstName order.
> Is
> there a way to have them in FirstName LastName with no comma in between?

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SimonBDA - 20 Dec 2005 12:57 GMT

If this is a one-off import, you could try swapping the Excel columns. Maybe
they are designated the wrong way round in the first place?
I suggest you do whatever it takes to ensure that, once inside Outlook, the
columns are correctly labelled.

> I am importing an Excel spreadsheet and no matter what I set as the new
> contact format, the imported records come in LastName, FirstName order. Is
> there a way to have them in FirstName LastName with no comma in between?

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