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MS Office Forum / Outlook / Contacts / January 2006Outlook 2003 contacts & the display as field...
I have Outlook 2003, and have about 100 contacts. I've set the option for the contacts to show as 'first-name / last-name'. But, how can I change ALL my contacts 'display as' to show first name last name, WITHOUT going into each one and changing it? You can't. One wonders why you would need to. It won't affect anything since that field is not used for sorting.  SignatureRuss Valentine [MVP-Outlook] >I have Outlook 2003, and have about 100 contacts. I've set the option for >the contacts to show as 'first-name / last-name'. But, how can I change ALL >my contacts 'display as' to show first name last name, WITHOUT going into >each one and changing it? Wait, sorry, hold the phone! I meant the "file as" field!?! Silly me, always rushing... > You can't. One wonders why you would need to. It won't affect anything > since that field is not used for sorting. >>I have Outlook 2003, and have about 100 contacts. I've set the option for >>the contacts to show as 'first-name / last-name'. But, how can I change >>ALL my contacts 'display as' to show first name last name, WITHOUT going >>into each one and changing it? Microsoft has provided some code samples to allow you to do that. I don't know if it's supported in Outlook 2003. http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;291144&Product=ol2002 SignatureRuss Valentine [MVP-Outlook] > Wait, sorry, hold the phone! I meant the "file as" field!?! Silly me, > always rushing... [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] >>>ALL my contacts 'display as' to show first name last name, WITHOUT going >>>into each one and changing it? ...really appreciate it! I will review this... > Microsoft has provided some code samples to allow you to do that. I don't > know if it's supported in Outlook 2003. [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] >>>>change ALL my contacts 'display as' to show first name last name, >>>>WITHOUT going into each one and changing it? |
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