There is. The way I told you works, but you aren't using it. You are using
autocompletion instead, which has nothing to do with your Contacts. It is
taking its data from the autocompletion cache, which is using the address
format you last used.
Select your recipient from the Outlook Address Book or Contacts Folder if
you want Outlook to use the Email Display As field.

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Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"BBran" wrote in message
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I do have all my contacts configured that way but when I start typing their
name in the To: field it shows both the display name and the e-mail
address. It seems redundant for it to do both. No way to only use the
display name?


"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote in message
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If you configure the Email Display As field for the Contact you are
selecting as the recipient to show only the familiar name, that's all
you'll see in your To: field. Recipients may or may not see only the
familiar name.
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Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"BBran" wrote in message
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Is there a way in Outlook 2007 when creating a new message to only have
it show the contacts name in the To: box rather than the name and e-mail
address?