Last First order is the problem. Did you restart outlook after making the
change? I've noticed some goofiness with it I you don't restart but its also
buggy and random so it may not help.

The default "Full Name" order should either be "First (Middle) Last" or
"First Last1 Last2".

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"MeliseG" wrote in message
...
I have read through old messages, and can't find the exact problem that I
am
having, so hopefully someone will be able to help me.

I am running Outlook 2007, with Business Contact Manager. When I add a
new
contact and type in the person's name, I use the format "John Smith." For
some reason, Outlook seems to be mis-identifying the First and Last names,
because no matter how I set my "File As" options, I either get "John,
Smith"
or "Smith John."

I have tried setting the default "Full Name" order on all three available
settings: "First (Middle) Last", "First Last1 Last2" and "Last First",
but
none of them seem to fix my problem.

And just to emphasize--I am not looking to fix currently existing
contacts--this problem is occurring when I create brand new contacts.