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March 1st 10, 02:04 PM
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Contacts format
I have recently started using Outlook and have imported some 500 names and
e-mail addresses from a .csv file from my old PC. They have all been imported correctly but the "Display as.." field automatically repeats the e-mail address. Is there any way I can change them all so that what appears in the "To:" box is simply the first and last names? Could I have created a field in the Excel file to do this? I know I could amend each contact separately, but..... 
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March 1st 10, 06:24 PM
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The field missed was one to map to Email Display Name containing whatever
value you want to appear in the EDN. One caveat, whenever the email address is changed for a contact after this, the EDN will be updated (changed) by Outlook. Karl -- __________________________________________________ __________ Karl Timmermans - The Claxton Group ContactGenie - QuickPort/DataPort/Exporter/Toolkit/Duplicate Contact Mgr "Contact import/export/data management tools for Outlook '2000/2010" http://www.contactgenie.com "AJW30" wrote in message ... I have recently started using Outlook and have imported some 500 names and e-mail addresses from a .csv file from my old PC. They have all been imported correctly but the "Display as.." field automatically repeats the e-mail address. Is there any way I can change them all so that what appears in the "To:" box is simply the first and last names? Could I have created a field in the Excel file to do this? I know I could amend each contact separately, but.....
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March 1st 10, 11:25 PM
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Karl - You are a star. Many thanks.
Alan (AJW30) "Karl Timmermans" wrote: The field missed was one to map to Email Display Name containing whatever value you want to appear in the EDN. One caveat, whenever the email address is changed for a contact after this, the EDN will be updated (changed) by Outlook. Karl -- __________________________________________________ __________ Karl Timmermans - The Claxton Group ContactGenie - QuickPort/DataPort/Exporter/Toolkit/Duplicate Contact Mgr "Contact import/export/data management tools for Outlook '2000/2010" http://www.contactgenie.com "AJW30" wrote in message ... I have recently started using Outlook and have imported some 500 names and e-mail addresses from a .csv file from my old PC. They have all been imported correctly but the "Display as.." field automatically repeats the e-mail address. Is there any way I can change them all so that what appears in the "To:" box is simply the first and last names? Could I have created a field in the Excel file to do this? I know I could amend each contact separately, but..... .
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