Getting closer.
What is a FULL NAME list? What is a FILE AS list? You have not even
specified to what view you are referring so your terms have no meaning to
us.
As a general principle, when you are expecting Outlook to parse names like
the example you post (where both names are short and neither is recognizable
as either a first or last name) you should parse the name elements directly
by placing them in the correct fields.
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Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"droper" wrote in message
...
FIRST QUESTION: My Outlook version is 2003 (11.5608.5606).
Under tools/options/preferences/contact options/default FULL NAME order is
FIRST(MIDDLE)LAST and FILE AS order is FIRST,LAST.
An example of the problem would be: Bardi Ward in the FULL NAME list is
Bardi Ward, but in the FILE AS list is Ward, Bardi, but if I open the
contact
details for her then in the FULL NAME box I have Bardi Ward and in the
FILE
AS box I have Bardi Ward, which is how I want them to be.
SECOND QUESTION: is "DERIVED FIELDS YOU CANNOT EDIT DIRECTLY" computer
speak
for "IT IS NOT POSSIBLE TO COPY AND PASTE A WHOLE COLUMN"
Thanks for any help....David Roper

"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

An answer to your question would require that you post more clearly and
include your Outlook version and preference settings for the fields in
question. Your post contains no actual information. Both "File As" and
"Full
Name" are derived fields that you cannot edit directly.
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Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"droper" wrote in message
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When I change an entry in "FILE AS" to be the same as I have under
"FULL
NAME" it keeps changing back to a different order. Also is it possible
to
copy & past a whole column?