This is a suggestion for the Outlook programmers.

DO NOT include field "Title" in the name column in the untitled Message "To"
search

After importing a robust contact list developed in Excel, I now have to Type
Mr., Ms., Dr., etc. when sorting contacts. Previously all I had to do was
type the first couple of letters of the persons first name when I wanted to
add them to the "To" message field.

-R_

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Outlook does not do this.
Examine the settings by which you have configured and sorted your Outlook
Address Book. You have misconfigured something: most likely your File As...
field.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"Rob G." wrote in message
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This is a suggestion for the Outlook programmers.

DO NOT include field "Title" in the name column in the untitled Message
"To"
search

After importing a robust contact list developed in Excel, I now have to
Type
Mr., Ms., Dr., etc. when sorting contacts. Previously all I had to do was
type the first couple of letters of the persons first name when I wanted
to
add them to the "To" message field.

-R_

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suggestions with the most votes. To vote for this suggestion, click the "I
Agree" button in the message pane. If you do not see the button, follow
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http://www.microsoft.com/office/comm...tlook.contacts

Sadly, Outlook does do this... NOT in the contact records (when one selects
“contacts from the left-side menu, these populate fine) but in the list when
one selects "To" for a new message.

Here's how to repeat it...

(1) Export contacts to an Excel file.
(2) In the first (column) field (which is "title") Add titles.... Mr., Ms.
etc.
(3) Delete your contacts in Outlook or you will get duplicates, Outlook
thinks "Mr." Somebody is different than Somebody.
(4) Import the Excel list into Outlook... you may need to use a comma
delimitated file created from the Excel because Outlook sometimes “chokes�
when importing an Excel
(5) Open a new email... and select “To�. You now have a “Name� column that
lists all the emails, several for an individual with multiple addresses, but
now Mr. or Ms. or whatever the “title� is is infrom of all the names,
requiring that one enters the title befor searching the list.

Let me know how you make out with the steps above or if you need
clarification.

Best,

As I said, this is end user error. Outlook is only doing what you have told
it to.
I cannot help if you do not answer my questions.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"Rob G." wrote in message
...
Sadly, Outlook does do this... NOT in the contact records (when one
selects
"contacts from the left-side menu, these populate fine) but in the list
when
one selects "To" for a new message.

Here's how to repeat it...

(1) Export contacts to an Excel file.
(2) In the first (column) field (which is "title") Add titles.... Mr., Ms.
etc.
(3) Delete your contacts in Outlook or you will get duplicates, Outlook
thinks "Mr." Somebody is different than Somebody.
(4) Import the Excel list into Outlook... you may need to use a comma
delimitated file created from the Excel because Outlook sometimes "chokes"
when importing an Excel
(5) Open a new email... and select "To". You now have a "Name" column
that
lists all the emails, several for an individual with multiple addresses,
but
now Mr. or Ms. or whatever the "title" is is infrom of all the names,
requiring that one enters the title befor searching the list.

Let me know how you make out with the steps above or if you need
clarification.

Best,

Thanks Russ for your patience...

Under Tools-- Options -- Contact Options…

Default “Full Name� order: First (Middle) Last
Default “File As� order: Last, First

There is not an option to display or remove “title� from the pull down list.
Did I look in the wrong place?

Did you run my steps to see what I am seeing?


"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

As I said, this is end user error. Outlook is only doing what you have told
it to.
I cannot help if you do not answer my questions.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"Rob G." wrote in message
...
Sadly, Outlook does do this... NOT in the contact records (when one
selects
"contacts from the left-side menu, these populate fine) but in the list
when
one selects "To" for a new message.

Here's how to repeat it...

(1) Export contacts to an Excel file.
(2) In the first (column) field (which is "title") Add titles.... Mr., Ms.
etc.
(3) Delete your contacts in Outlook or you will get duplicates, Outlook
thinks "Mr." Somebody is different than Somebody.
(4) Import the Excel list into Outlook... you may need to use a comma
delimitated file created from the Excel because Outlook sometimes "chokes"
when importing an Excel
(5) Open a new email... and select "To". You now have a "Name" column
that
lists all the emails, several for an individual with multiple addresses,
but
now Mr. or Ms. or whatever the "title" is is infrom of all the names,
requiring that one enters the title befor searching the list.

Let me know how you make out with the steps above or if you need
clarification.

Best,

No. I would never run those steps. Exporting and importing Outlook data
always loses and/or mangles data. I try never to do so.
The question I was asking was what sort order you had set for your Outlook
Address Book.
Here's my best guess, without having all the information: Whenever you
import data into Outlook, your File As... field will be set incorrectly and
will not obey the preferences you set for it. So if your Outlook Address
Book is set to sort by the File As... field, it will be sorted incorrectly.
You may need to run some code to reset those File As... fields:
http://support.microsoft.com/default...Product=ol2002
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"Rob G." wrote in message
news
Thanks Russ for your patience...

Under Tools-- Options -- Contact Options.

Default "Full Name" order: First (Middle) Last
Default "File As" order: Last, First

There is not an option to display or remove "title" from the pull down
list.
Did I look in the wrong place?

Did you run my steps to see what I am seeing?


"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

As I said, this is end user error. Outlook is only doing what you have
told
it to.
I cannot help if you do not answer my questions.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"Rob G." wrote in message
...
Sadly, Outlook does do this... NOT in the contact records (when one
selects
"contacts from the left-side menu, these populate fine) but in the list
when
one selects "To" for a new message.

Here's how to repeat it...

(1) Export contacts to an Excel file.
(2) In the first (column) field (which is "title") Add titles.... Mr.,
Ms.
etc.
(3) Delete your contacts in Outlook or you will get duplicates, Outlook
thinks "Mr." Somebody is different than Somebody.
(4) Import the Excel list into Outlook... you may need to use a comma
delimitated file created from the Excel because Outlook sometimes
"chokes"
when importing an Excel
(5) Open a new email... and select "To". You now have a "Name" column
that
lists all the emails, several for an individual with multiple
addresses,
but
now Mr. or Ms. or whatever the "title" is is infrom of all the names,
requiring that one enters the title befor searching the list.

Let me know how you make out with the steps above or if you need
clarification.

Best,