Display names without email address following?

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Is there a way of setting this as a default in Outlook 2003? I can fix them
one at a time, but its tedious! Can I amend all 880 contacts in one go to
show them as a name only, as i could before in Outlook 2000, without their
email address following?!!

Also, as I do not fax from my machine and am not likely to do so, is there a
default so that I am not asked to confirm whether i am sending to a contacts
email address or their fax number each time i enter their name in an email?
 
Display Name can only be edited individually.
The confirmation dialog will only appear if you are selecting the recipient
from the Contacts Folder. There are many other ways to select recipients.
The standard behavior for the Outlook Address book is to display all
electronic addresses (both fax and e-mail). That behavior cannot be changed.
The only way to prevent the display of fax numbers is to store them in a
different field or to disguise them (e.g., precede them with an alpha
character) so that Outlook won't recognize them as phone numbers.
There are also a number of utilities available that can do this for you
automatically. Some are listed here:
http://www.slipstick.com/contacts/nofax.htm
 
thanks, Russ - I was searching for answers to the same question! I really
appreciate all our efforts in helping us novices!

Jack

Russ Valentine said:
Display Name can only be edited individually.
The confirmation dialog will only appear if you are selecting the
recipient from the Contacts Folder. There are many other ways to select
recipients. The standard behavior for the Outlook Address book is to
display all electronic addresses (both fax and e-mail). That behavior
cannot be changed. The only way to prevent the display of fax numbers is
to store them in a different field or to disguise them (e.g., precede them
with an alpha character) so that Outlook won't recognize them as phone
numbers.
There are also a number of utilities available that can do this for you
automatically. Some are listed here:
http://www.slipstick.com/contacts/nofax.htm



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Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
robertcronk said:
Is there a way of setting this as a default in Outlook 2003? I can fix
them
one at a time, but its tedious! Can I amend all 880 contacts in one go
to
show them as a name only, as i could before in Outlook 2000, without
their
email address following?!!

Also, as I do not fax from my machine and am not likely to do so, is
there a
default so that I am not asked to confirm whether i am sending to a
contacts
email address or their fax number each time i enter their name in an
email?
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