"File As" option lost company name- Mass change?

[Marathon]

Somehow I lost the company name associations in "file as" in over 1500
contacts. Probably had something to do with synching a blackberry.
Is there a way to recreate this en mass if a company exists and do nothing
of none exists etc?

EX

John Doe.
XYX, INC

File as:

John Doe (XYX, Inc.)

TIA!

 

[Diane Poremsky [MVP]]

The code sample at http://www.slipstick.com/contacts/file-as.htm sets the
fileas. This uses Outlook's default fileas types so you don't need to test
for the presence of a company name - if there isn't a company name it uses
Last, First only.

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]



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[Marathon]

I see that yes, but how do I reset old ones that already exist?

The code sample at http://www.slipstick.com/contacts/file-as.htm sets the
fileas. This uses Outlook's default fileas types so you don't need to
test for the presence of a company name - if there isn't a company name it
uses Last, First only.

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]



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Somehow I lost the company name associations in "file as" in over 1500
contacts. Probably had something to do with synching a blackberry.
Is there a way to recreate this en mass if a company exists and do
nothing of none exists etc?

EX

John Doe.
XYX, INC

File as:

John Doe (XYX, Inc.)

TIA!

 

[Marathon]

I get it a bit better.

I ran the script and wound up with No names at all in "File as", Just blanks
need a bit of help with what to edit in the script.

any way to fix this?

I see that yes, but how do I reset old ones that already exist?

The code sample at http://www.slipstick.com/contacts/file-as.htm sets the
fileas. This uses Outlook's default fileas types so you don't need to
test for the presence of a company name - if there isn't a company name
it uses Last, First only.

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]



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Somehow I lost the company name associations in "file as" in over 1500
contacts. Probably had something to do with synching a blackberry.
Is there a way to recreate this en mass if a company exists and do
nothing of none exists etc?

EX

John Doe.
XYX, INC

File as:

John Doe (XYX, Inc.)

TIA!

 

[Diane Poremsky [MVP]]

What version of outlook?

That's weird. There is nothing to edit - you just need to remove the ' from
in front of the format you want to use and run it - it sets the file as
field to that format for each contact.

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]



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I get it a bit better.

I ran the script and wound up with No names at all in "File as", Just
blanks need a bit of help with what to edit in the script.

any way to fix this?

I see that yes, but how do I reset old ones that already exist?

The code sample at http://www.slipstick.com/contacts/file-as.htm sets
the fileas. This uses Outlook's default fileas types so you don't need
to test for the presence of a company name - if there isn't a company
name it uses Last, First only.

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]



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Somehow I lost the company name associations in "file as" in over 1500
contacts. Probably had something to do with synching a blackberry.
Is there a way to recreate this en mass if a company exists and do
nothing of none exists etc?

EX

John Doe.
XYX, INC

File as:

John Doe (XYX, Inc.)

TIA!

 

[Marathon]

I figured it out and it worked like a charm.

Thanks!!!!!!!!!!

What version of outlook?

That's weird. There is nothing to edit - you just need to remove the '
from in front of the format you want to use and run it - it sets the file
as field to that format for each contact.

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]



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I get it a bit better.

I ran the script and wound up with No names at all in "File as", Just
blanks need a bit of help with what to edit in the script.

any way to fix this?

I see that yes, but how do I reset old ones that already exist?


The code sample at http://www.slipstick.com/contacts/file-as.htm sets
the fileas. This uses Outlook's default fileas types so you don't
need to test for the presence of a company name - if there isn't a
company name it uses Last, First only.

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]



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Somehow I lost the company name associations in "file as" in over 1500
contacts. Probably had something to do with synching a blackberry.
Is there a way to recreate this en mass if a company exists and do
nothing of none exists etc?

EX

John Doe.
XYX, INC

File as:

John Doe (XYX, Inc.)

TIA!