E-mail address vs. person's name in "To" field

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I've just purchased Microsoft Office and this also now is
our default e-mail system.
The problem is that some of the e-mails I send have the
recipient's e-mail address in the "To" field, and some
have their name/s (and I can't figure out how or why). I
would like to know how to customise this so that I can
have the name in the "To" field. I have fiddled with all
the settings I can find, to no avail. It just does what
it wants!
 
My outlook version was version 6 and we are now using
office 2003. Apologies for not being specific enough.
Thanks
-----Original Message-----
Then post your Outlook version.
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Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
I've just purchased Microsoft Office and this also now is
our default e-mail system.
The problem is that some of the e-mails I send have the
recipient's e-mail address in the "To" field, and some
have their name/s (and I can't figure out how or why). I
would like to know how to customise this so that I can
have the name in the "To" field. I have fiddled with all
the settings I can find, to no avail. It just does what
it wants!
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Then the Display name field is available to you within the Contact Record
just below the email field.
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Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Chris said:
My outlook version was version 6 and we are now using
office 2003. Apologies for not being specific enough.
Thanks
-----Original Message-----
Then post your Outlook version.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
I've just purchased Microsoft Office and this also now is
our default e-mail system.
The problem is that some of the e-mails I send have the
recipient's e-mail address in the "To" field, and some
have their name/s (and I can't figure out how or why). I
would like to know how to customise this so that I can
have the name in the "To" field. I have fiddled with all
the settings I can find, to no avail. It just does what
it wants!
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Russ, I've already found the display name field and put
in what I want it to show. In some cases it still shows
an e-mail address, not the display name, when I write to
them. I'm sure it's something simple. should I be pushing
the "save and close" button or something? One friend
replied to an e-mail today and the "To' field finally
displayed his name for the first time after the reply!
-----Original Message-----
Then the Display name field is available to you within the Contact Record
just below the email field.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
My outlook version was version 6 and we are now using
office 2003. Apologies for not being specific enough.
Thanks now
is why).
I
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You enter what you want the display name to be and hit Save and Close.
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Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Russ, I've already found the display name field and put
in what I want it to show. In some cases it still shows
an e-mail address, not the display name, when I write to
them. I'm sure it's something simple. should I be pushing
the "save and close" button or something? One friend
replied to an e-mail today and the "To' field finally
displayed his name for the first time after the reply!
-----Original Message-----
Then the Display name field is available to you within the Contact Record
just below the email field.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
My outlook version was version 6 and we are now using
office 2003. Apologies for not being specific enough.
Thanks
-----Original Message-----
Then post your Outlook version.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
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I've just purchased Microsoft Office and this also now
is
our default e-mail system.
The problem is that some of the e-mails I send have the
recipient's e-mail address in the "To" field, and some
have their name/s (and I can't figure out how or why).
I
would like to know how to customise this so that I can
have the name in the "To" field. I have fiddled with
all
the settings I can find, to no avail. It just does what
it wants!


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