Full Name field displayed as "Last First"

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Lamar - 28 Dec 2007 18:15 GMT

Is there a way to have the Full Name button in the Contacts Form displayed as
"First Last". The EmailDisplayAs is being shown correctly. I've made sure
that the Default "Full Name" order is displayed as "First (Middle) Last",
however that doesn't seem to fix it. Is there any help for this type of
issue?

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Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] - 28 Dec 2007 19:33 GMT

How do you know it doesn't fix it? Have you created a new Contact? That's
what those settings control. To change existing Contacts you'd have to run
code.

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Russ Valentine
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> Is there a way to have the Full Name button in the Contacts Form displayed
> as
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> however that doesn't seem to fix it. Is there any help for this type of
> issue?

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Lamar - 28 Dec 2007 20:25 GMT

Hey, Russ. Thanks! I deleted the existing contacts and reimported them back
from Excel.

Your comment got me to thinking. Thanks for your input.

> How do you know it doesn't fix it? Have you created a new Contact? That's
> what those settings control. To change existing Contacts you'd have to run
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> > however that doesn't seem to fix it. Is there any help for this type of
> > issue?

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Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] - 28 Dec 2007 20:31 GMT

I'm pleasantly surprised it worked. Outlook usually fails to apply your
specified settings for derived fields like Full Name or File As when you
import Contacts. That's why most of the time you have to run code to change
existing derived fields.

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> Hey, Russ. Thanks! I deleted the existing contacts and reimported them
> back
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>> > issue?

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