How do I get the display name to show in the To field of an email?

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aabbasey - 11 Jan 2006 18:11 GMT

I have just upgraded to office 2003 and i have the display name field filled
in on all of my contacts. Sometimes when i send an e-mail the display name
shows up and sometimes it is the persons name plus their e-mail address. Is
there a flag for this? I want it to always use the display name only.

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Brian Tillman - 11 Jan 2006 21:18 GMT

> I have just upgraded to office 2003 and i have the display name field
> filled in on all of my contacts. Sometimes when i send an e-mail the
> display name shows up and sometimes it is the persons name plus their
> e-mail address. Is there a flag for this? I want it to always use
> the display name only.

What you'll see in that field is whatever is in the "Display As" field of
the Contact.item. Modify the contact record to contain your desired Display
As string.

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aabbasey - 11 Jan 2006 21:30 GMT

I have. For example, for John Doe, I have John in the display as field.
But, when I type John Doe in the To field of an e-mail, it puts the entire
John Doe <John.doe@xxx.com>. I want it to just display John.

> > I have just upgraded to office 2003 and i have the display name field
> > filled in on all of my contacts. Sometimes when i send an e-mail the
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> the Contact.item. Modify the contact record to contain your desired Display
> As string.

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Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] - 11 Jan 2006 22:26 GMT

These settings will only apply when you select your recipient from your
Contacts Folder. You are not. You are selecting them from your
autocompletion cache. Select your recipient from your Contacts if you think
this really matters.

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>I have. For example, for John Doe, I have John in the display as field.
> But, when I type John Doe in the To field of an e-mail, it puts the entire
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>> Display
>> As string.

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