Contact display name

[James T. Kirk]

I am using Outlook 2002 on XP Pro.
Several of my contacts have 2 e-mail address. i.e. John at home and John at
work. When I compose a new note and click on To... to find the recipient, I
see John Smith and John Smith. Is there way have it display as the 'Display
as' value? (i.e John@work, John@home)?

Thanks.

 

[James T. Kirk]

I should add, that the 'Display name' is shown, but you have to scroll over
to see it. I'd rather it be the first column. Maybe the columns can be
re-ordered? I'll re-check the help.

 

[Brian Tillman]

I should add, that the 'Display name' is shown, but you have to
scroll over to see it. I'd rather it be the first column. Maybe the
columns can be re-ordered?

The Address Book interface is not configurable.

 

[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

You've already discovered the only workaround.
I honestly think they never intended for anyone to use the Outlook Address
Book in Outlook 2002. In all subsequent versions they let you resize the
Outlook Address Book, but that's the only customization that has been added.

 

[James T. Kirk]

What do you mean by: " honestly think they never intended for anyone to use
the Outlook Address

Book in Outlook 2002"?

A bit of sarcasm?

I used to be involved in working on UI and testing/designing of it. I am
always surprised that in this day and age, most UI is still pretty bad. I
thought MS did usability testing on this kind of stuff? I can't be the only
one who has recipients with more than one a-mail address. Another example
is the calendar. When I open the calendar, it will not go to the current
day. Even if I click on View > Got Today. I have to actually click on a
date, and then Goto Today. Many many more examples that in my day I would
have reported as bugs.

You've already discovered the only workaround.
I honestly think they never intended for anyone to use the Outlook Address
Book in Outlook 2002. In all subsequent versions they let you resize the
Outlook Address Book, but that's the only customization that has been
added.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

I should add, that the 'Display name' is shown, but you have to scroll
over to see it. I'd rather it be the first column. Maybe the columns can
be re-ordered? I'll re-check the help.

 

[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

The Outlook Address Book has always been a barely functional interface. It
was at its worst in Outlook 2002. Developers have focused on other methods
for displaying Contacts such as customized views of Contacts Folders or on
other methods for selecting email recipients such as autocompletion. No
development whatsoever has gone into the Outlook Address Book and indeed
users are migrating away from using it.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

What do you mean by: " honestly think they never intended for anyone to
use the Outlook Address

Book in Outlook 2002"?

A bit of sarcasm?

I used to be involved in working on UI and testing/designing of it. I am
always surprised that in this day and age, most UI is still pretty bad. I
thought MS did usability testing on this kind of stuff? I can't be the
only one who has recipients with more than one a-mail address. Another
example is the calendar. When I open the calendar, it will not go to the
current day. Even if I click on View > Got Today. I have to actually click
on a date, and then Goto Today. Many many more examples that in my day I
would have reported as bugs.

You've already discovered the only workaround.
I honestly think they never intended for anyone to use the Outlook
Address Book in Outlook 2002. In all subsequent versions they let you
resize the Outlook Address Book, but that's the only customization that
has been added.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

I should add, that the 'Display name' is shown, but you have to scroll
over to see it. I'd rather it be the first column. Maybe the columns can
be re-ordered? I'll re-check the help.

I am using Outlook 2002 on XP Pro.
Several of my contacts have 2 e-mail address. i.e. John at home and
John at work. When I compose a new note and click on To... to find the
recipient, I see John Smith and John Smith. Is there way have it
display as the 'Display as' value? (i.e John@work, John@home)?

Thanks.

 

[James T. Kirk]

To what? What's a good one to use that can be integrated into Outlook?
(2002)

Thanks.

The Outlook Address Book has always been a barely functional interface. It
was at its worst in Outlook 2002. Developers have focused on other methods
for displaying Contacts such as customized views of Contacts Folders or on
other methods for selecting email recipients such as autocompletion. No
development whatsoever has gone into the Outlook Address Book and indeed
users are migrating away from using it.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

What do you mean by: " honestly think they never intended for anyone to
use the Outlook Address

Book in Outlook 2002"?

A bit of sarcasm?

I used to be involved in working on UI and testing/designing of it. I am
always surprised that in this day and age, most UI is still pretty bad.
I thought MS did usability testing on this kind of stuff? I can't be the
only one who has recipients with more than one a-mail address. Another
example is the calendar. When I open the calendar, it will not go to the
current day. Even if I click on View > Got Today. I have to actually
click on a date, and then Goto Today. Many many more examples that in my
day I would have reported as bugs.

You've already discovered the only workaround.
I honestly think they never intended for anyone to use the Outlook
Address Book in Outlook 2002. In all subsequent versions they let you
resize the Outlook Address Book, but that's the only customization that
has been added.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
I should add, that the 'Display name' is shown, but you have to scroll
over to see it. I'd rather it be the first column. Maybe the columns
can be re-ordered? I'll re-check the help.

I am using Outlook 2002 on XP Pro.
Several of my contacts have 2 e-mail address. i.e. John at home and
John at work. When I compose a new note and click on To... to find the
recipient, I see John Smith and John Smith. Is there way have it
display as the 'Display as' value? (i.e John@work, John@home)?

Thanks.

 

[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

To the other methods I already mentioned. There's nothing else natively. I
am trying to point out to you that Outlook's developers have relegated the
Outlook Address Book to dinosaur status.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

To what? What's a good one to use that can be integrated into Outlook?
(2002)

Thanks.

The Outlook Address Book has always been a barely functional interface.
It was at its worst in Outlook 2002. Developers have focused on other
methods for displaying Contacts such as customized views of Contacts
Folders or on other methods for selecting email recipients such as
autocompletion. No development whatsoever has gone into the Outlook
Address Book and indeed users are migrating away from using it.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

What do you mean by: " honestly think they never intended for anyone to
use the Outlook Address
Book in Outlook 2002"?
A bit of sarcasm?

I used to be involved in working on UI and testing/designing of it. I
am always surprised that in this day and age, most UI is still pretty
bad. I thought MS did usability testing on this kind of stuff? I can't
be the only one who has recipients with more than one a-mail address.
Another example is the calendar. When I open the calendar, it will not
go to the current day. Even if I click on View > Got Today. I have to
actually click on a date, and then Goto Today. Many many more examples
that in my day I would have reported as bugs.

You've already discovered the only workaround.
I honestly think they never intended for anyone to use the Outlook
Address Book in Outlook 2002. In all subsequent versions they let you
resize the Outlook Address Book, but that's the only customization that
has been added.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
I should add, that the 'Display name' is shown, but you have to scroll
over to see it. I'd rather it be the first column. Maybe the columns
can be re-ordered? I'll re-check the help.

I am using Outlook 2002 on XP Pro.
Several of my contacts have 2 e-mail address. i.e. John at home and
John at work. When I compose a new note and click on To... to find
the recipient, I see John Smith and John Smith. Is there way have it
display as the 'Display as' value? (i.e John@work, John@home)?

Thanks.