Outlook 2003 contacts & the display as field...

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I have Outlook 2003, and have about 100 contacts. I've set the option for
the contacts to show as 'first-name / last-name'. But, how can I change ALL
my contacts 'display as' to show first name last name, WITHOUT going into
each one and changing it?
 
You can't. One wonders why you would need to. It won't affect anything since
that field is not used for sorting.
 
Wait, sorry, hold the phone! I meant the "file as" field!?! Silly me, always
rushing...


Russ Valentine said:
You can't. One wonders why you would need to. It won't affect anything
since that field is not used for sorting.
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Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Ivan T. Williams said:
I have Outlook 2003, and have about 100 contacts. I've set the option for
the contacts to show as 'first-name / last-name'. But, how can I change
ALL my contacts 'display as' to show first name last name, WITHOUT going
into each one and changing it?
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Microsoft has provided some code samples to allow you to do that. I don't
know if it's supported in Outlook 2003.
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;291144&Product=ol2002

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Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Ivan T. Williams said:
Wait, sorry, hold the phone! I meant the "file as" field!?! Silly me,
always rushing...


Russ Valentine said:
You can't. One wonders why you would need to. It won't affect anything
since that field is not used for sorting.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Ivan T. Williams said:
I have Outlook 2003, and have about 100 contacts. I've set the option for
the contacts to show as 'first-name / last-name'. But, how can I change
ALL my contacts 'display as' to show first name last name, WITHOUT going
into each one and changing it?
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....really appreciate it! I will review this...


Russ Valentine said:
Microsoft has provided some code samples to allow you to do that. I don't
know if it's supported in Outlook 2003.
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;291144&Product=ol2002

--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Ivan T. Williams said:
Wait, sorry, hold the phone! I meant the "file as" field!?! Silly me,
always rushing...


Russ Valentine said:
You can't. One wonders why you would need to. It won't affect anything
since that field is not used for sorting.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
I have Outlook 2003, and have about 100 contacts. I've set the option
for the contacts to show as 'first-name / last-name'. But, how can I
change ALL my contacts 'display as' to show first name last name,
WITHOUT going into each one and changing it?
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