prevent OL2003 to use a semi-colon as separator in fields?

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bart plessers

Hello,

In my contacts I want to add the children's names in the field "children".
I want to separate the names with a colon (",") but everytime I leave the
field, Outlook changes the colon to a semi-colon (";").
How can I prevent this?

Any help is appreciated!
tia,
bart




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You can't. The Colon is used as a designator for something else so Outlook
uses the semi-colon.

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After searching google.groups.com and finding no answer, bart plessers
asked:

| Hello,
|
| In my contacts I want to add the children's names in the field
| "children". I want to separate the names with a colon (",") but
| everytime I leave the field, Outlook changes the colon to a
| semi-colon (";").
| How can I prevent this?
|
| Any help is appreciated!
| tia,
| bart
 
So what do you suggest?
I want to merge my contacts to Word.
The selected contacts have to be printed on enveloppes (my girlfriend is
pregnant, and the baby is comming one of these days...)
On the print, I want to have something like:

Mr Bob Harley
John, Mark and Emily
Bigstreet 45
1234 City
BELGIUM

Where "John, Mark and Emily" are the kids of Bob. They should be separated
by colon.
Can this be done with Outlook?
How? It seems that Outlook automatically changes order of display and
replaces semi-colon by colon if I type in the children's name in the
predefined field in outlook...)


thanx in advance!
(as I mentioned before, the sooner I have a solution, the better: my
girlfriend is getting nervous....)

regards,
bart
 
A colon ':', or a comma ','? Both work. Outlook reverts the use a
semi-colon ';' to a comma ','. At least it did for me. Outlook XP,
sp2.

Cheers,

V
 
so OLXP has different behavior than OL2003?
Is this WAD or BUG?
Is it hard-coded?

regards,
bart


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tel: +32 (16) 23.40.85
fax: +32 (16) 23.41.06
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Rob said:
A colon ':', or a comma ','? Both work. Outlook reverts the use a
semi-colon ';' to a comma ','. At least it did for me. Outlook XP,
sp2.

Cheers,

V

"Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]"
You can't. The Colon is used as a designator for something else so Outlook
uses the semi-colon.

--
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. Due to
the (insert latest virus name here) virus, all mail sent to my personal
account will be deleted without reading.

After searching google.groups.com and finding no answer, bart plessers
asked:

| Hello,
|
| In my contacts I want to add the children's names in the field
| "children". I want to separate the names with a colon (",") but
| everytime I leave the field, Outlook changes the colon to a
| semi-colon (";").
| How can I prevent this?
|
| Any help is appreciated!
| tia,
| bart
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bart plessers said:
In my contacts I want to add the children's names in the field
"children". I want to separate the names with a colon (",")
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That's a comma, not a colon.
but everytime I leave the field, Outlook changes the colon to a
semi-colon (";").
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Doesn't for me. I opened my own Contact item, selected the "All Fields tab,
and chose "Name fields" or "Personal fields" in the "Select from" drop-down.
My children are listed there in the "Children" field, in alphabetical order,
with commas separating the names.
 
Forgot to mention,
What are your "Internatiol Settings" in Control Panel of Windows?
Are you aware of any other settings that can influence this weird behavior?

regards,
bart


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bart plessers said:
very strange.
Attached you will find a printscreen of behaviour of my outlook.

Wich version are you running? OLXP or OL2003?
Service Packs? Platform?

thanx answer,
regards,
bart


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bart plessers said:
Attached you will find a printscreen of behaviour of my outlook.
Click to expand...

You are using a non-English version of Outlook, and it wouldn't surprise me
if it is some International setting somewhere. If it were happening to me,
I'd look in Control Panel>Date, Time, Language, and Regional
Options>Regional and Language Options>Customize and check the "List
separator" setting. I know that a "German" setting uses a semi-colon as a
list separator.
 
correct.
I am using an english version, but with "belgium" regional settings.
Changed the list separator to ',' and the conversion from ";" to "," is
skipped.

Still have another problem:

if I enter
Nana, Fatou, Izra en Uma,

I get
Fatou, Izra en Uma, Nana

So the first name is move to the last place.
is there a solution for this?

tia
bart


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bart plessers
Paul Van Ostaijenlaan 4
3001 Heverlee
BELGIUM
tel: +32 (16) 23.40.85
fax: +32 (16) 23.41.06
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it seems that outlook automatically orders the different members of the "list" in alphabetical order:

Nana, Fatou, Izra and Uma
is interpreted as
(Nana) (Fatou) (Izra and Uma)

and after ordering, it becomes
(Fatou) (Izra and Uma) (Nana)

Is there any way to prevent outlook from automatic ordering this 'list'?

regards,
bart




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bart plessers
Paul Van Ostaijenlaan 4
3001 Heverlee
BELGIUM
tel: +32 (16) 23.40.85
fax: +32 (16) 23.41.06
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bart plessers said:
correct.
I am using an english version, but with "belgium" regional settings.
Changed the list separator to ',' and the conversion from ";" to "," is
skipped.

Still have another problem:

if I enter
Nana, Fatou, Izra en Uma,

I get
Fatou, Izra en Uma, Nana

So the first name is move to the last place.
is there a solution for this?

tia
bart


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==========================================
Hyper A.R.T.
bart plessers
Paul Van Ostaijenlaan 4
3001 Heverlee
BELGIUM
tel: +32 (16) 23.40.85
fax: +32 (16) 23.41.06
==========================================
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bart plessers said:
it seems that outlook automatically orders the different members of
the "list" in alphabetical order:
Click to expand...

I noticed that.
Is there any way to prevent outlook from automatic ordering this
'list'?
Click to expand...

I don't know of any.
 
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