First Name and Lastname padding

T

tep

On Outlook 2003, when I create a contact that is not a person's name (e.g.
Massage Envy) and enter that name in the First Name field, upon save Outlook
will divide it as firstname = 'Massage' and lastname = 'Envy'. Whit that it
gets filed as 'Envy, Massage', which makes it an invalid concat entry for me.
How do I make it such that the full entry will just stay in the firstname
field?
 
T

tep

what about for non-person non-company name entries like '** Check Bill
Balance'? when i enter it on full name name field outlook automatically puts
'Bill Balance' on the lastname field...

Diane Poremsky said:
Why are you putting the biz name in the full name field instead of the
company field?

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tep said:
On Outlook 2003, when I create a contact that is not a person's name (e.g.
Massage Envy) and enter that name in the First Name field, upon save
Outlook
will divide it as firstname = 'Massage' and lastname = 'Envy'. Whit that
it
gets filed as 'Envy, Massage', which makes it an invalid concat entry for
me.
How do I make it such that the full entry will just stay in the firstname
field?
 
T

tep

what about for non-person non-company name entries like '** Check Bill
Balance'? when i enter it on full name name field outlook automatically puts
'Bill Balance' on the lastname field...

Diane Poremsky said:
Why are you putting the biz name in the full name field instead of the
company field?

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]



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tep said:
On Outlook 2003, when I create a contact that is not a person's name (e.g.
Massage Envy) and enter that name in the First Name field, upon save
Outlook
will divide it as firstname = 'Massage' and lastname = 'Envy'. Whit that
it
gets filed as 'Envy, Massage', which makes it an invalid concat entry for
me.
How do I make it such that the full entry will just stay in the firstname
field?
 
K

Karl Timmermans

<FullName> is a derived field comprised of it's component parts. Ergo- if
you enter a value into the <FullName> field - Outlook will attempt to
decipher the various components (i.e. first, last, suffix etc). To enter any
value into a specific field (i.e. First or Last Name) - click on the button
labled <FullName> and fill in the appropriate field in the form that pops
up.

Karl
___________________________________________________
Karl Timmermans - The Claxton Group
ContactGenie - Importer 1.3 / DataPorter 2.0 / Exporter
"Power contact importers/exporters for MS Outlook '2000/2007"
http://www.contactgenie.com




tep said:
what about for non-person non-company name entries like '** Check Bill
Balance'? when i enter it on full name name field outlook automatically
puts
'Bill Balance' on the lastname field...

Diane Poremsky said:
Why are you putting the biz name in the full name field instead of the
company field?

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]



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tep said:
On Outlook 2003, when I create a contact that is not a person's name
(e.g.
Massage Envy) and enter that name in the First Name field, upon save
Outlook
will divide it as firstname = 'Massage' and lastname = 'Envy'. Whit
that
it
gets filed as 'Envy, Massage', which makes it an invalid concat entry
for
me.
How do I make it such that the full entry will just stay in the
firstname
field?
 
D

Diane Poremsky [MVP]

I'd put it in the company and Department (or job title) fields or change the
file as so it just uses the company name.

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]



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tep said:
what about for non-person non-company name entries like '** Check Bill
Balance'? when i enter it on full name name field outlook automatically
puts
'Bill Balance' on the lastname field...

Diane Poremsky said:
Why are you putting the biz name in the full name field instead of the
company field?

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]



Outlook Tips by email:
mailto:[email protected]

EMO - a weekly newsletter about Outlook and Exchange:
mailto:[email protected]

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tep said:
On Outlook 2003, when I create a contact that is not a person's name
(e.g.
Massage Envy) and enter that name in the First Name field, upon save
Outlook
will divide it as firstname = 'Massage' and lastname = 'Envy'. Whit
that
it
gets filed as 'Envy, Massage', which makes it an invalid concat entry
for
me.
How do I make it such that the full entry will just stay in the
firstname
field?
 

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