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Nick C - 29 Oct 2006 19:12 GMT

Is there a way to change File As to read First Name Last Name. I know that
I can make the change for NEW contacts. But is there a way to make the
change to all the contacts that I already have without doing each one
manually

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Peter Marchert - 29 Oct 2006 21:51 GMT

Hello Nick,

this field you can`t change in outlook without programming. If you can
VBA you can export the contacts to excel and then modify them. After
that you import them to outlook again. Or if you are familiar with the
outlook object model you can use outlook vba of course.

If you understand a little bit German you can use the free tool
"ChangeSaveAs" (download from my homepage).

Peter

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Nick C schrieb:

> Is there a way to change File As to read First Name Last Name. I know that
> I can make the change for NEW contacts. But is there a way to make the
> change to all the contacts that I already have without doing each one
> manually

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Nick C - 30 Oct 2006 02:50 GMT

I exported all my contacts to an Excel File. Then deleted them from the
Outlook Contacts folder (which is now empty)
Now how could I manipulate Outlook so that when I import the Excel file back
into Outlook the contacts would be imported so that File As would appear as
FirstName LastName.

Please tell me what changes I have to make to the Excel file or to Outlook
to do this

> Hello Nick,
>
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>> change to all the contacts that I already have without doing each one
>> manually

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Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook] - 30 Oct 2006 06:23 GMT

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/291144/en-us

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After furious head scratching, Nick C asked:

| Is there a way to change File As to read First Name Last Name. I
| know that I can make the change for NEW contacts. But is there a way
| to make the change to all the contacts that I already have without
| doing each one manually

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