Exporting Outlook data is never a good idea. If that's what you are doing,
then you are the problem, not AcitveSync. Perhaps you should provide more
complete information when you post.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"Richard Church" wrote in message
...
Since I'm using equipment purchased by work, I'm kind of stuck using what
they give me. I have come up with a very cumbersome workaround that goes
as
follows:
1. I keep all contacts and calendar events updated on my work computer.
2. Once each week, I export my calendar.pst and contacts.pst to a flash
drive and bring the data home.
3. I erase all my current contacts and calendar events (only takes a few
seconds) and import the updated .pst files from work.
4. I now have identical information at home and work without having to
make
any corrections.

It sounds like a lot of work but it's a whole lot less than constantly
correcting the changes made to my contacts without my consent. All told,
it
takes me less than 5 minutes per week. Maybe when the issues with
ActiveSync
are worked out, I can start simply synching again without all this extra
effort.


"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

I'm not surprised and I'll probably be killed for saying this, but my
Palm
synch has never done this. Please let us know what you find out. There is
absolutely no excuse for ActiveSync's changing the format you have
expressly
chosen for your Email Display As field. Microsoft is often pretty good
and
deciding what we want instead of letting us choose.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"Richard Church" wrote in
message
...
That would also be Microsoft (ActiveSync). Thanks for your help. I'll
be
looking into ActiveSync groups to see if anyone there has the same
problem
(or even better, a solution).

"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

You said that synching with your PDA changed your Email Display As
fields.
It shouldn't do that. Outlook can't fix that. Only the developers of
your
synch software can.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"Richard Church" wrote in
message
...
Sorry I missed your response before now. My apologies.

If this is not an Outlook issue, what is it? Your response didn't
provide
any direction. If you know what program is causing this problem, I
would
appreciate some guidance instead of simply a statement. My personal
opinion
is that is in indeed an Outlook problem, as I do not use, file, nor
access
contacts from any other program.

"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

Did you think this was an Outlook issue? It isn't.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"Richard Church" wrote in
message
...
I agree regarding the importance. But here is a deeper mystery.
Even
after
modifying those display names to remove the e-mail address, after
synching
with my PDA, the modified display names revert back to the e-mail
address
only. I'm running Outlook 2003 at both work and home and this
problem
is
no
longer a minor annoyance. Any suggestions?

"MH" wrote:

Actually, the field is of great consequence to my clients. I
have
had
requests to not display their email address and, like Sterling,
the
only
display I get is their email address...it does not include their
full
or
familiar name (using Outlook, 2003). I have over 300
clients...are
you
saying
i have to change each one of these manually???

"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

No. Outlook 2003 will fill in Display As field with both the
familiar
name
and the email address. You have to change it manually if you
want
it
to
be
something else. That field is of no consequence, so few find
any
need
to
change it.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"Stirling" wrote in
message
news Thank you for responding to my post.

I'm using Outlook 2003. In the Contact form under the
General
Tab
there
is
a field called "Display as". My version of Outlook as it
was
configured
on
installation automatically fills this in with the email
address.
In
other
versions I've used there is a way to get Outlook to
automatically
fill that in with the full name. That is what I want to do.

Stirling




"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

You provided no information.
Displayed where and in what version of Outlook?

--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"Stirling" wrote in
message
...
I would like to have Outlook display my contacts by their
name
rather
than
their e-mail address. Is there a way to automatically
set
the
full
name
as
the display name, or do I have to manually enter the
display
name
each
time.

It's one solution that works. As I said, it's not the best. I was looking for
a real solution on this forum, not insults.

Post closed.

"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

Exporting Outlook data is never a good idea. If that's what you are doing,
then you are the problem, not AcitveSync. Perhaps you should provide more
complete information when you post.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"Richard Church" wrote in message
...
Since I'm using equipment purchased by work, I'm kind of stuck using what
they give me. I have come up with a very cumbersome workaround that goes
as
follows:
1. I keep all contacts and calendar events updated on my work computer.
2. Once each week, I export my calendar.pst and contacts.pst to a flash
drive and bring the data home.
3. I erase all my current contacts and calendar events (only takes a few
seconds) and import the updated .pst files from work.
4. I now have identical information at home and work without having to
make
any corrections.

It sounds like a lot of work but it's a whole lot less than constantly
correcting the changes made to my contacts without my consent. All told,
it
takes me less than 5 minutes per week. Maybe when the issues with
ActiveSync
are worked out, I can start simply synching again without all this extra
effort.


"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

I'm not surprised and I'll probably be killed for saying this, but my
Palm
synch has never done this. Please let us know what you find out. There is
absolutely no excuse for ActiveSync's changing the format you have
expressly
chosen for your Email Display As field. Microsoft is often pretty good
and
deciding what we want instead of letting us choose.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"Richard Church" wrote in
message
...
That would also be Microsoft (ActiveSync). Thanks for your help. I'll
be
looking into ActiveSync groups to see if anyone there has the same
problem
(or even better, a solution).

"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

You said that synching with your PDA changed your Email Display As
fields.
It shouldn't do that. Outlook can't fix that. Only the developers of
your
synch software can.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"Richard Church" wrote in
message
...
Sorry I missed your response before now. My apologies.

If this is not an Outlook issue, what is it? Your response didn't
provide
any direction. If you know what program is causing this problem, I
would
appreciate some guidance instead of simply a statement. My personal
opinion
is that is in indeed an Outlook problem, as I do not use, file, nor
access
contacts from any other program.

"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

Did you think this was an Outlook issue? It isn't.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"Richard Church" wrote in
message
...
I agree regarding the importance. But here is a deeper mystery.
Even
after
modifying those display names to remove the e-mail address, after
synching
with my PDA, the modified display names revert back to the e-mail
address
only. I'm running Outlook 2003 at both work and home and this
problem
is
no
longer a minor annoyance. Any suggestions?

"MH" wrote:

Actually, the field is of great consequence to my clients. I
have
had
requests to not display their email address and, like Sterling,
the
only
display I get is their email address...it does not include their
full
or
familiar name (using Outlook, 2003). I have over 300
clients...are
you
saying
i have to change each one of these manually???

"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

No. Outlook 2003 will fill in Display As field with both the
familiar
name
and the email address. You have to change it manually if you
want
it
to
be
something else. That field is of no consequence, so few find
any
need
to
change it.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"Stirling" wrote in
message
news Thank you for responding to my post.

I'm using Outlook 2003. In the Contact form under the
General
Tab
there
is
a field called "Display as". My version of Outlook as it
was
configured
on
installation automatically fills this in with the email
address.
In
other
versions I've used there is a way to get Outlook to
automatically
fill that in with the full name. That is what I want to do.

Stirling




"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

You provided no information.
Displayed where and in what version of Outlook?

--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"Stirling" wrote in
message
...
I would like to have Outlook display my contacts by their
name
rather
than
their e-mail address. Is there a way to automatically
set
the
full
name
as
the display name, or do I have to manually enter the
display
name
each
time.

You never clarified what this solution is for nor what it solves. You said
you were having trouble with your Email Display As fields being changed and
blamed it on ActiveSync. If you are routinely exporting and importing
Outlook data, then the problem may not be with ActiveSync. It may be with
the exporting and importing. Even a cursory reading of this group will
inform you that you should not export and import Outlook data. It can cause
data loss as well as the type of problems you are having with your Email
Desplay As field.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"Richard Church" wrote in message
...
It's one solution that works. As I said, it's not the best. I was looking
for
a real solution on this forum, not insults.

Post closed.

"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

Exporting Outlook data is never a good idea. If that's what you are
doing,
then you are the problem, not AcitveSync. Perhaps you should provide more
complete information when you post.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"Richard Church" wrote in
message
...
Since I'm using equipment purchased by work, I'm kind of stuck using
what
they give me. I have come up with a very cumbersome workaround that
goes
as
follows:
1. I keep all contacts and calendar events updated on my work computer.
2. Once each week, I export my calendar.pst and contacts.pst to a flash
drive and bring the data home.
3. I erase all my current contacts and calendar events (only takes a
few
seconds) and import the updated .pst files from work.
4. I now have identical information at home and work without having to
make
any corrections.

It sounds like a lot of work but it's a whole lot less than constantly
correcting the changes made to my contacts without my consent. All
told,
it
takes me less than 5 minutes per week. Maybe when the issues with
ActiveSync
are worked out, I can start simply synching again without all this
extra
effort.


"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

I'm not surprised and I'll probably be killed for saying this, but my
Palm
synch has never done this. Please let us know what you find out. There
is
absolutely no excuse for ActiveSync's changing the format you have
expressly
chosen for your Email Display As field. Microsoft is often pretty good
and
deciding what we want instead of letting us choose.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"Richard Church" wrote in
message
...
That would also be Microsoft (ActiveSync). Thanks for your help.
I'll
be
looking into ActiveSync groups to see if anyone there has the same
problem
(or even better, a solution).

"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

You said that synching with your PDA changed your Email Display As
fields.
It shouldn't do that. Outlook can't fix that. Only the developers
of
your
synch software can.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"Richard Church" wrote in
message
...
Sorry I missed your response before now. My apologies.

If this is not an Outlook issue, what is it? Your response didn't
provide
any direction. If you know what program is causing this problem,
I
would
appreciate some guidance instead of simply a statement. My
personal
opinion
is that is in indeed an Outlook problem, as I do not use, file,
nor
access
contacts from any other program.

"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

Did you think this was an Outlook issue? It isn't.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"Richard Church" wrote
in
message
...
I agree regarding the importance. But here is a deeper mystery.
Even
after
modifying those display names to remove the e-mail address,
after
synching
with my PDA, the modified display names revert back to the
e-mail
address
only. I'm running Outlook 2003 at both work and home and this
problem
is
no
longer a minor annoyance. Any suggestions?

"MH" wrote:

Actually, the field is of great consequence to my clients. I
have
had
requests to not display their email address and, like
Sterling,
the
only
display I get is their email address...it does not include
their
full
or
familiar name (using Outlook, 2003). I have over 300
clients...are
you
saying
i have to change each one of these manually???

"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

No. Outlook 2003 will fill in Display As field with both
the
familiar
name
and the email address. You have to change it manually if
you
want
it
to
be
something else. That field is of no consequence, so few
find
any
need
to
change it.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"Stirling" wrote in
message
news Thank you for responding to my post.

I'm using Outlook 2003. In the Contact form under the
General
Tab
there
is
a field called "Display as". My version of Outlook as it
was
configured
on
installation automatically fills this in with the email
address.
In
other
versions I've used there is a way to get Outlook to
automatically
fill that in with the full name. That is what I want to
do.

Stirling




"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

You provided no information.
Displayed where and in what version of Outlook?

--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"Stirling" wrote in
message
...
I would like to have Outlook display my contacts by
their
name
rather
than
their e-mail address. Is there a way to automatically
set
the
full
name
as
the display name, or do I have to manually enter the
display
name
each
time.

Mr. Valentine: Contrary to what you claim, the envelope feature in Word MUST
have used the email Display As field; there is no other possible source for
the [name] [email address] that was inserted. I certainly have not tampered
with the envelope features, formats, etc. I have not reset anything related
to envelope or contacts. It started AFTER I installed the Outlook 2003
updates that the microsoft auto update told me to install. I did NOT do a
custom install. I did not unplug my computer or do a voodoo dance duringthe
install. I am not responsible for this error. It may be that others would
have this same problem but don't know becuase they don't print envelopes and
labels from their contact file. The exact steps that started this behavior
we

1. clicked on "update" in the alert that popped up.
2. followed all directions; did not do anything "custom"
3. rebooted
4. worked for a while
5. tried to do an evelope.
6. notice that hte email address was on the "name" line of the envelope.
7. scratched my head and tried to figure out why this would occur.
8. opened the contact file for that person
9. noticed that the Display As cell contained exactly what was on the
envelope.
10. opened other contact files and noticed that without my having done
anything but the MS recommended update, ALL of them now had a different
format for the Display As.
11. Tried to find a way to reset the default to display only the name, not
email address.
12. couldn't find any way to do this so came to this site, usually a source
of helpful advice.
13. search on "Display As" and found numerous posting on this issue.
14. Noticed that your responses are surley and rude and hoped you wouldn't
answer mine, but you did.

Please do not bother to respond.

Post ended.

"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

The envelope feature in Word does not use the Email Display As field, nor
have I ever seen it do so. If yours is, something is wrong with your
installation. Obviously you recognized that this is not how the envelope
feature is supposed to work, since it only happened after you made some
changes. List the exact steps that started this behavior.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"Jeanne M" wrote in message
...
This is of HUGE significance! Try using the "envelope" feature in Word and
you'll find that it uses the DISPLAY name. Thus, every time I create an
envelope to send something to someone in my contact file (and I do this
frequently), I have to DELETE THE EMAIL address or it prints on the
envelop.

This started happening only after I installed an Upgrade to Office 2003.
I
am, I must say, furious that this is a default that cannot be changed.
And
with all due respect, It doesn't help to be to chided "this is of no
significance."

I hope that the next time I upgrade this will be fixed and that all the
things that aren't broken don't "fixed."


"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

Did you think this was an Outlook issue? It isn't.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"Richard Church" wrote in
message
...
I agree regarding the importance. But here is a deeper mystery. Even
after
modifying those display names to remove the e-mail address, after
synching
with my PDA, the modified display names revert back to the e-mail
address
only. I'm running Outlook 2003 at both work and home and this problem
is
no
longer a minor annoyance. Any suggestions?

"MH" wrote:

Actually, the field is of great consequence to my clients. I have had
requests to not display their email address and, like Sterling, the
only
display I get is their email address...it does not include their full
or
familiar name (using Outlook, 2003). I have over 300 clients...are you
saying
i have to change each one of these manually???

"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

No. Outlook 2003 will fill in Display As field with both the
familiar
name
and the email address. You have to change it manually if you want it
to
be
something else. That field is of no consequence, so few find any
need
to
change it.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"Stirling" wrote in message
news Thank you for responding to my post.

I'm using Outlook 2003. In the Contact form under the General Tab
there
is
a field called "Display as". My version of Outlook as it was
configured
on
installation automatically fills this in with the email address.
In
other
versions I've used there is a way to get Outlook to automatically
fill that in with the full name. That is what I want to do.

Stirling




"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

You provided no information.
Displayed where and in what version of Outlook?

--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"Stirling" wrote in message
...
I would like to have Outlook display my contacts by their name
rather
than
their e-mail address. Is there a way to automatically set the
full
name
as
the display name, or do I have to manually enter the display
name
each
time.

I never said that your installation wasn't behaving that way. I said that
Word's envelope feature does not normally use the Email Display As field by
default to address an envelope, a fact which you yourself also recognized.
We'll need to figure out what corrupted your installation since that
behavior cannot be reproduced. The first steps in troubleshooting problems
with mail merges is to repair your PST file, then create a new profile from
scratch and make sure you have configured the Outlook Address Book Service
corrrectly. I have seen no instances of an automatic Office update producing
this behavior. Have you?
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"Jeanne M" wrote in message
news
Mr. Valentine: Contrary to what you claim, the envelope feature in Word
MUST
have used the email Display As field; there is no other possible source
for
the [name] [email address] that was inserted. I certainly have not
tampered
with the envelope features, formats, etc. I have not reset anything
related
to envelope or contacts. It started AFTER I installed the Outlook 2003
updates that the microsoft auto update told me to install. I did NOT do a
custom install. I did not unplug my computer or do a voodoo dance
duringthe
install. I am not responsible for this error. It may be that others would
have this same problem but don't know becuase they don't print envelopes
and
labels from their contact file. The exact steps that started this behavior
we

1. clicked on "update" in the alert that popped up.
2. followed all directions; did not do anything "custom"
3. rebooted
4. worked for a while
5. tried to do an evelope.
6. notice that hte email address was on the "name" line of the envelope.
7. scratched my head and tried to figure out why this would occur.
8. opened the contact file for that person
9. noticed that the Display As cell contained exactly what was on the
envelope.
10. opened other contact files and noticed that without my having done
anything but the MS recommended update, ALL of them now had a different
format for the Display As.
11. Tried to find a way to reset the default to display only the name, not
email address.
12. couldn't find any way to do this so came to this site, usually a
source
of helpful advice.
13. search on "Display As" and found numerous posting on this issue.
14. Noticed that your responses are surley and rude and hoped you wouldn't
answer mine, but you did.

Please do not bother to respond.

Post ended.

"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

The envelope feature in Word does not use the Email Display As field, nor
have I ever seen it do so. If yours is, something is wrong with your
installation. Obviously you recognized that this is not how the envelope
feature is supposed to work, since it only happened after you made some
changes. List the exact steps that started this behavior.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"Jeanne M" wrote in message
...
This is of HUGE significance! Try using the "envelope" feature in Word
and
you'll find that it uses the DISPLAY name. Thus, every time I create an
envelope to send something to someone in my contact file (and I do this
frequently), I have to DELETE THE EMAIL address or it prints on the
envelop.

This started happening only after I installed an Upgrade to Office
2003.
I
am, I must say, furious that this is a default that cannot be changed.
And
with all due respect, It doesn't help to be to chided "this is of no
significance."

I hope that the next time I upgrade this will be fixed and that all the
things that aren't broken don't "fixed."


"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

Did you think this was an Outlook issue? It isn't.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"Richard Church" wrote in
message
...
I agree regarding the importance. But here is a deeper mystery. Even
after
modifying those display names to remove the e-mail address, after
synching
with my PDA, the modified display names revert back to the e-mail
address
only. I'm running Outlook 2003 at both work and home and this
problem
is
no
longer a minor annoyance. Any suggestions?

"MH" wrote:

Actually, the field is of great consequence to my clients. I have
had
requests to not display their email address and, like Sterling, the
only
display I get is their email address...it does not include their
full
or
familiar name (using Outlook, 2003). I have over 300 clients...are
you
saying
i have to change each one of these manually???

"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

No. Outlook 2003 will fill in Display As field with both the
familiar
name
and the email address. You have to change it manually if you want
it
to
be
something else. That field is of no consequence, so few find any
need
to
change it.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"Stirling" wrote in message
news Thank you for responding to my post.

I'm using Outlook 2003. In the Contact form under the General
Tab
there
is
a field called "Display as". My version of Outlook as it was
configured
on
installation automatically fills this in with the email
address.
In
other
versions I've used there is a way to get Outlook to
automatically
fill that in with the full name. That is what I want to do.

Stirling




"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

You provided no information.
Displayed where and in what version of Outlook?

--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"Stirling" wrote in
message
...
I would like to have Outlook display my contacts by their
name
rather
than
their e-mail address. Is there a way to automatically set
the
full
name
as
the display name, or do I have to manually enter the display
name
each
time.

I would like to have Outlook display my contacts by their name rather than
their e-mail address. Is there a way to automatically set the full name as
the display name, or do I have to manually enter the display name each time.

HELLO! Has there been a fix to this yet? Don't want to manually change
thousands of names. thank you!

"Whyvon" wrote:

I would like to have Outlook display my contacts by their name rather than
their e-mail address. Is there a way to automatically set the full name as
the display name, or do I have to manually enter the display name each time.

HELLO! Has there been a fix to this yet? Don't want to manually change
thousands of names. thank you!

And to add on to my question above -

Someone mentioned earlier that the "Display as" field is of little
consequence. What is this field for then? I thought it was the field that
"displays" to the sender when you use that email address. Is that incorrect?


Thank you!

Whyvon wrote:

Someone mentioned earlier that the "Display as" field is of little
consequence. What is this field for then? I thought it was the
field that "displays" to the sender when you use that email address.
Is that incorrect?

The Display As field is what Outlook puts in the recpient field when the
sender resolves an address. It's what the sender wishes to see in the
recipient field for that contact when composing a message. It's just a
sender-friendly text string that doesn't affect what address Outlook uses
for the actual delivery address.
--
Brian Tillman

Thank you! What do you mean "resolves an address"?

Also - what determines then - how the recipients name appears in the "TO"
field when they receive the message?

Whyvon

"Brian Tillman" wrote:

The Display As field is what Outlook puts in the recpient field when the
sender resolves an address. It's what the sender wishes to see in the
recipient field for that contact when composing a message. It's just a
sender-friendly text string that doesn't affect what address Outlook uses
for the actual delivery address.
--
Brian Tillman

Whyvon wrote:

Thank you! What do you mean "resolves an address"?

When Outlook uses the Address Book service to obtain the mail address of a
recipient from your Contacts folder, it's called "resolving" the entry.
Outlook signals to you that the entry is resolved (i.e., an address was
found) by underlining the entry in the recipent field.

Also - what determines then - how the recipients name appears in the
"TO" field when they receive the message?

A combination of what you include and what the recipient's client wishes to
show.

Let's keep this to a single thread from this point on, shall we?
--
Brian Tillman