Contacts created by importing and by syncing are created programmatically by
a process in which Outlook does not participate so Outlook's derived fields
are not subject to the conditions you impose.
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Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"Mitch" wrote in message
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Why would the settings in Outlook, particularly

1 - ToolsAccount SettingsAddress BookChange Show names by First Last
2 - ToolsOptionsContact OptionsDefault "Full Name" order First (Middle)

treat imported contacts differently than any other contact?

Mitch