Alphabetical mix up - first name last name order

[Dana]

After exporting contacts from Outlook Express to Outlook, many, but not all,
of my contacts were listed first name last name rather than last name first
name. In Outlook, when I open a particular contact, open the "Full Name"
field and straighten out the order, the Full Name still appears backwards! I
can manually fix each "file as", but I cannot seem to fix the "Full Name"
field.

What did I do incorrectly?

 

[Peter Marchert]

Sorry, my English is not the best, but I think you can fix this by
using

"EditContacts": http://www.marchert.de/software.html#ec

and/or

"ChangeNames": http://www.marchert.de/software.html#cn

Peter

 

[Dana]

Thank you. I will try it!

--
Dana

Sorry, my English is not the best, but I think you can fix this by
using

"EditContacts": http://www.marchert.de/software.html#ec

and/or

"ChangeNames": http://www.marchert.de/software.html#cn

Peter

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Peter Marchert
[EDP-Service Marchert]
Homepage: http://www.marchert.de
Programming for Excel and Outlook

After exporting contacts from Outlook Express to Outlook, many, but not all,
of my contacts were listed first name last name rather than last name first
name. In Outlook, when I open a particular contact, open the "Full Name"
field and straighten out the order, the Full Name still appears backwards! I
can manually fix each "file as", but I cannot seem to fix the "Full Name"
field.

What did I do incorrectly?

 

[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

What format did you specify for the Full Name field?

 

[themurf]

Russ, Your response brings up a question that I have just run across. when
sending an email, clicking on the "To" button brings up a for of "Address
Book". The first column is the "Full Name" field from the respective Contact
folder. This field is sorted by first name rather than last name. I have
checked "Help" and the community but can not find how to either change the
column to "File As" or other one that shows to Last name first and sorted by
last name. It is impossible to read the currend column when the list is very
long. Please advise me how to get the proper format showing. Thanks, Jim

What format did you specify for the Full Name field?
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

After exporting contacts from Outlook Express to Outlook, many, but not
all,
of my contacts were listed first name last name rather than last name
first
name. In Outlook, when I open a particular contact, open the "Full Name"
field and straighten out the order, the Full Name still appears backwards!
I
can manually fix each "file as", but I cannot seem to fix the "Full Name"
field.

What did I do incorrectly?

 

[Brian Tillman]

Russ, Your response brings up a question that I have just run across.
when sending an email, clicking on the "To" button brings up a for of
"Address Book". The first column is the "Full Name" field from the
respective Contact folder. This field is sorted by first name rather
than last name. I have checked "Help" and the community but can not
find how to either change the column to "File As" or other one that
shows to Last name first and sorted by last name. It is impossible to
read the currend column when the list is very long. Please advise me
how to get the proper format showing. Thanks, Jim

Tools>E-mail Accounts>View or change existing directories or address
books>Next. Select Outlook Address Book, click Change. Set the Address
Book sort order there.

 

[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

The First column is not the "Full Name" field. It is the Name field and its
format can be in one of two formats: "First, Last" or "File As..." depending
on what you specified here:
Tools > E-mail accounts > View or change existing directories or address
books > Outlook Address Book > Change… >
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

Russ, Your response brings up a question that I have just run across. when
sending an email, clicking on the "To" button brings up a for of "Address
Book". The first column is the "Full Name" field from the respective
Contact
folder. This field is sorted by first name rather than last name. I have
checked "Help" and the community but can not find how to either change the
column to "File As" or other one that shows to Last name first and sorted
by
last name. It is impossible to read the currend column when the list is
very
long. Please advise me how to get the proper format showing. Thanks, Jim

What format did you specify for the Full Name field?
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

After exporting contacts from Outlook Express to Outlook, many, but not
all,
of my contacts were listed first name last name rather than last name
first
name. In Outlook, when I open a particular contact, open the "Full
Name"
field and straighten out the order, the Full Name still appears
backwards!
I
can manually fix each "file as", but I cannot seem to fix the "Full
Name"
field.

What did I do incorrectly?

 

[themurf]

Russ, That is what I though as well but I have run into a brick wall. I am
running into a brick wall. I am runing Outlook07 as a part of Office07 on two
machines. One is running XP Pro and the other Vista Home. The response is the
same.

First, the instrunctions you gave me are not exactly right for this version
of Outlook. I do not have Outlook03 running anywhere so I can't check to see
if the steps you sent coincide wiht that version or not.

Tools:Account Settings:Address Books:Outlook Address Book gets you to the
right place for this setting. There is indeed a choice however either
selectin brings up the address book with the names sorted by their first
name. I get exactly the same response on both computers. Either there is a
glitch in the new version or there is another conditional setting somewhere.
Let me know. Thanks, Jim

The First column is not the "Full Name" field. It is the Name field and its
format can be in one of two formats: "First, Last" or "File As..." depending
on what you specified here:
Tools > E-mail accounts > View or change existing directories or address
books > Outlook Address Book > Change… >
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

Russ, Your response brings up a question that I have just run across. when
sending an email, clicking on the "To" button brings up a for of "Address
Book". The first column is the "Full Name" field from the respective
Contact
folder. This field is sorted by first name rather than last name. I have
checked "Help" and the community but can not find how to either change the
column to "File As" or other one that shows to Last name first and sorted
by
last name. It is impossible to read the currend column when the list is
very
long. Please advise me how to get the proper format showing. Thanks, Jim

What format did you specify for the Full Name field?
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
After exporting contacts from Outlook Express to Outlook, many, but not
all,
of my contacts were listed first name last name rather than last name
first
name. In Outlook, when I open a particular contact, open the "Full
Name"
field and straighten out the order, the Full Name still appears
backwards!
I
can manually fix each "file as", but I cannot seem to fix the "Full
Name"
field.

What did I do incorrectly?

 

[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

Two possibilities:
1. Your File As... field is in First Last format-- so nothing would change
2. You have not restarted Outlook so your changes would take effect.

The path in Outlook 2007 is indeed slightly different (you never bothered to
specify your version and you always should).
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

Russ, That is what I though as well but I have run into a brick wall. I am
running into a brick wall. I am runing Outlook07 as a part of Office07 on
two
machines. One is running XP Pro and the other Vista Home. The response is
the
same.

First, the instrunctions you gave me are not exactly right for this
version
of Outlook. I do not have Outlook03 running anywhere so I can't check to
see
if the steps you sent coincide wiht that version or not.

Tools:Account Settings:Address Books:Outlook Address Book gets you to the
right place for this setting. There is indeed a choice however either
selectin brings up the address book with the names sorted by their first
name. I get exactly the same response on both computers. Either there is a
glitch in the new version or there is another conditional setting
somewhere.
Let me know. Thanks, Jim

The First column is not the "Full Name" field. It is the Name field and
its
format can be in one of two formats: "First, Last" or "File As..."
depending
on what you specified here:
Tools > E-mail accounts > View or change existing directories or address
books > Outlook Address Book > Change… >
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

Russ, Your response brings up a question that I have just run across.
when
sending an email, clicking on the "To" button brings up a for of
"Address
Book". The first column is the "Full Name" field from the respective
Contact
folder. This field is sorted by first name rather than last name. I
have
checked "Help" and the community but can not find how to either change
the
column to "File As" or other one that shows to Last name first and
sorted
by
last name. It is impossible to read the currend column when the list is
very
long. Please advise me how to get the proper format showing. Thanks,
Jim

:

What format did you specify for the Full Name field?
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
After exporting contacts from Outlook Express to Outlook, many, but
not
all,
of my contacts were listed first name last name rather than last
name
first
name. In Outlook, when I open a particular contact, open the "Full
Name"
field and straighten out the order, the Full Name still appears
backwards!
I
can manually fix each "file as", but I cannot seem to fix the "Full
Name"
field.

What did I do incorrectly?