How do I get Outlook e-mail field to display e-mail, not name

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hansgast - 23 Nov 2006 20:03 GMT

My Outlook 2003 displays name in the e-mail field rather than e-mail. How do
I get it to show me the e-mail instead of the name. It shows name even if no
e-mail address for that contact.

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Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] - 23 Nov 2006 21:24 GMT

How were these Contacts created? It sounds like you might have imported
them. Did you? Did they ever display correctly?

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> My Outlook 2003 displays name in the e-mail field rather than e-mail. How
> do
> I get it to show me the e-mail instead of the name. It shows name even if
> no
> e-mail address for that contact.

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hansgast - 23 Nov 2006 22:01 GMT

I imported them from Outlook Express. I am a recent convert.
I should point out that they were first imported from Express to Outlook
2000 on my old laptop, then imported from old laptop to new laptop which has
outlook 2003.
Symptom started with Outlook 2000. Displayed logically in Express.

> How were these Contacts created? It sounds like you might have imported
> them. Did you? Did they ever display correctly?
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> > no
> > e-mail address for that contact.

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Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] - 23 Nov 2006 23:09 GMT

No wonder. Rather an important detail to have left out and make us try to
guess. No solution known. Importing Contacts does not work well. There is a
slim chance that repairing your PST file might work, emphasis on slim. If
not, recreate your Contacts, and never import them again.

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Russ Valentine
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>I imported them from Outlook Express. I am a recent convert.
> I should point out that they were first imported from Express to Outlook
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>> > no
>> > e-mail address for that contact.

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hansgast - 24 Nov 2006 05:22 GMT

This is not a data problem. It is a DISPLAY problem.
In most of the contacts, the e-mail address is in the field, but Outlook
won't display it unless I dig way down into the individual contact.
My guts tell me there should be a preference somewhere to address this.

> No wonder. Rather an important detail to have left out and make us try to
> guess. No solution known. Importing Contacts does not work well. There is a
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> >> > e-mail address for that contact.

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Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] - 24 Nov 2006 10:24 GMT

Nope. You must manually populate your Email Display As field. It was not
created correctly during the import. Sometimes just opening and saving the
Contact will reset it.

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Russ Valentine
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> This is not a data problem. It is a DISPLAY problem.
> In most of the contacts, the e-mail address is in the field, but Outlook
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hansgast - 24 Nov 2006 13:53 GMT

Thanks for your patience and help!

> Nope. You must manually populate your Email Display As field. It was not
> created correctly during the import. Sometimes just opening and saving the
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> >> >> > e-mail address for that contact.

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hansgast - 28 Nov 2006 06:08 GMT

I now note that when I add a new contact, the system defaults to putting the
person's name in the e-mail display slot before the e-mail address.
As I said before, this is a display problem, not a data problem.
Is there a way to turn this off at least on the new contacts I enter in the
future?

> Thanks for your patience and help!
>
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Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] - 28 Nov 2006 10:42 GMT

There is no such setting. You cannot set the default format of the Email
Display As field. That is determined by the Outlook version.

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>I now note that when I add a new contact, the system defaults to putting
>the
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>> > >> >> > e-mail address for that contact.

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