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MS Office Forum / Outlook / Contacts / December 2007Exported contacts first last names reversed
Using Outlook 2003, when I export to a windows csv file, some first last names are exported as last, first. Looking at these contacts in Outlook, the fields are the same for the correct entries and those that get reversed. Any ideas why this happens? Thanks! Of course. Have you not been paying attention? Derived fields do not survive exporting and importing, especially when you change file formats. They never have. Why are you compelled to use this method?  SignatureRuss Valentine [MVP-Outlook] > Using Outlook 2003, when I export to a windows csv file, some first last > names are exported as last, first. Looking at these contacts in Outlook, > the > fields are the same for the correct entries and those that get reversed. > Any > ideas why this happens? Thanks! Russ, thanks for your quick reply. No, I haven't been paying attention. Please suggest a better way to export/import. I'm trying to copy contacts to Windows Mail on Vista laptop. > Of course. Have you not been paying attention? Derived fields do not survive > exporting and importing, especially when you change file formats. They never [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > Any > > ideas why this happens? Thanks! Clarify your post. Windows Mail does not use the same derived fields as Outlook. SignatureRuss Valentine [MVP-Outlook] > Russ, thanks for your quick reply. No, I haven't been paying attention. > Please suggest a better way to export/import. I'm trying to copy contacts [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] >> > Any >> > ideas why this happens? Thanks! Importing the csv file into Vista Windows Mail was successful and the contacts are okay to use. My real question concerns the exported csv file. I exported "name" and "email address". Name in all the contacts in Outlook is firstname/lastname order. About half of the names exported to the csv file are firstname/lastname and the rest are lastname, firstname. In addition, 845 entries in the contact folder resulted in over a thousand lines in the csv file. Thanks again for the help. > Clarify your post. Windows Mail does not use the same derived fields as > Outlook. [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > >> > Any > >> > ideas why this happens? Thanks! Look at how Outlook parsed the individual name elements (not the derived fields). Make sure you mapped those name element fields accordingly. SignatureRuss Valentine [MVP-Outlook] > Importing the csv file into Vista Windows Mail was successful and the > contacts are okay to use. My real question concerns the exported csv [quoted text clipped - 30 lines] >> >> > Any >> >> > ideas why this happens? Thanks!
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