Those options will not apply to imported Contacts.
You can run code to change the File As... fields for existing Contacts:
http://support.microsoft.com/default...Product=ol2002

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Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"iank131" wrote in message
...
Outlook is supposed to file new contacts in the order specificed in
Tools --
Options -- Contact Options -- Default "File As" order. My "File As"
order
is Last, First. However, every time I enter or import a new contact,
Outlook
files it in First Last order. The way I fix it is I individually enter
into
each contact, add/remove a space, then resave it. However, can you not
make a
patch to fix this problem once and for all, or is there another way to do
it
automatically?

Thanks.