Ah! Thank you.

You know, no matter how many times I went through the options screens, I
couldn't find this setting. After changing this to the correct format and
restarting Outlook, I had to go in to each contact that still had the
incorrect order, click the "Full Name..." button, then OK to get the correct
order to appear.

Still, I'm happy.

So are there any plans for Outlook to use the Ribbon and the new options
screens like Excel, Word, and PowerPoint?

Carl.

"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

Outlook just does what you tell it to. What format did you specify for the
Full Name field in Tools Options Contact options...?
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Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"Zodman" wrote in message
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I'm using Outlook 2007 SP1 (12.0.6136.5000) . When I add a new contact,
the
"Full Name" field displays as last name first name. Even when I use the
data
entry dialog to ensure the correct name parts are specified, the "Full
Name"
field is always displayed last first. Playing with the "Show names by"
address book account settings doesn't have any effect.

Looking at contacts I've previously set up (in older versions of Office,
and
from my mobile), they are displaying correctly in the "Full Name" field
(First Last). It's only new contacts that have this issue.

I've even tried setting up new contacts correctly on my WM6 phone, then
syncing. After the sync, the desktop client has formatted the "Full Name"
field incorrectly, and synced the change back to the phone.

Searching the web I've found many people with this problem, but no
solutions.

Surely there is a way to format this field how I want?

Carl.