In Outlook XP I've set the sort order in both the Contact options area
and the address book options to be Last Name first.

Now, if I create a new Contact and instead of typing the FullName
button start typing a regular name like Bill Frisell, it will
interpret that as Bill, Frisell. When I go into Full Name, it indeed
put the "Bill" in Last name and the "Frisell" in the first name
fields. After saving it will keep it this way. Changing the File As
order won't change the way the Full Name is actually being recorded.

Is there a way to input a name in the Full name field without clicking
the Full name button, and have it sort Last Name first, yet keep the
Full name in the format of First Name Last name?

thanks