Duplicate Names in Address Book

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Robert

In Outlook 2002, if I create a contact with two e-mail addresses and one fax
number then open my Address Book, I see the name listed three times. When I
compose new e-mail messages, I don't want to scroll over to see the Display
Name or E-mail Type fields just to figure out which address is which. How
do I fix this?


Thanks!

Robert
 
You can't.
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 had an inclination but thought I'd ask.



robert

Russ Valentine said:
You can't.
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



--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Robert said:
In Outlook 2002, if I create a contact with two e-mail addresses and one fax
number then open my Address Book, I see the name listed three times.
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When
I
compose new e-mail messages, I don't want to scroll over to see the Display
Name or E-mail Type fields just to figure out which address is which. How
do I fix this?


Thanks!

Robert
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Outlook 2003 has one small improvement. You can permanently resize the
Address Book so you don't have to scroll over to see which address is which.

--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Robert said:
Thanks Russ.
I had an inclination but thought I'd ask.



robert

Russ Valentine said:
You can't.
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



--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Robert said:
In Outlook 2002, if I create a contact with two e-mail addresses and
Click to expand...
one
fax
number then open my Address Book, I see the name listed three times.
Click to expand...
When
I
compose new e-mail messages, I don't want to scroll over to see the Display
Name or E-mail Type fields just to figure out which address is which. How
do I fix this?


Thanks!

Robert
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