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October 4th 06, 01:00 PM
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troubleshoot contacts fields, full name - lastname reverses
Suddenly, when I enter a new contact in my Outlook Address Book (Microsoft
Outlook version 2002) the field for Full Name reverses lastname and firstname although I enter these in firstname, lastname order. This means that when entering addresses in my email some of the list comes up by lastname although most is by firstname. I must have changed something, but don't know what. Please help ! AnneW 
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October 4th 06, 03:07 PM
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troubleshoot contacts fields, full name - lastname reverses
Anne-Louise wrote:
Suddenly, when I enter a new contact in my Outlook Address Book (Microsoft Outlook version 2002) the field for Full Name reverses lastname and firstname although I enter these in firstname, lastname order. This means that when entering addresses in my email some of the list comes up by lastname although most is by firstname. I must have changed something, but don't know what. Please help ! Since the Address Book contains no data, you should never enter anything from the Address Book. Your contacts are in the Contacts folders and that where you should add them. -- Brian Tillman
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October 4th 06, 07:17 PM
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troubleshoot contacts fields, full name - lastname reverses
Sorry - the word Address Book is obviously misleading, so ignore it - I am
referring to Contacts. Should do a Detect and Repair perhaps ? "Brian Tillman" wrote: Anne-Louise wrote: Suddenly, when I enter a new contact in my Outlook Address Book (Microsoft Outlook version 2002) the field for Full Name reverses lastname and firstname although I enter these in firstname, lastname order. This means that when entering addresses in my email some of the list comes up by lastname although most is by firstname. I must have changed something, but don't know what. Please help ! Since the Address Book contains no data, you should never enter anything from the Address Book. Your contacts are in the Contacts folders and that where you should add them. -- Brian Tillman
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October 4th 06, 08:04 PM
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troubleshoot contacts fields, full name - lastname reverses
No. Just reset the order for the Full Name... field correctly: Tools
Options Preferences Contact Options... -- Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] "Anne-Louise" wrote in message ... Sorry - the word Address Book is obviously misleading, so ignore it - I am referring to Contacts. Should do a Detect and Repair perhaps ? "Brian Tillman" wrote: Anne-Louise wrote: Suddenly, when I enter a new contact in my Outlook Address Book (Microsoft Outlook version 2002) the field for Full Name reverses lastname and firstname although I enter these in firstname, lastname order. This means that when entering addresses in my email some of the list comes up by lastname although most is by firstname. I must have changed something, but don't know what. Please help ! Since the Address Book contains no data, you should never enter anything from the Address Book. Your contacts are in the Contacts folders and that where you should add them. -- Brian Tillman
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October 6th 06, 07:54 PM
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troubleshoot contacts fields, full name - lastname reverses
Thank you. This has solved most of my problem, as the name fields are now
working as they should. However, when sending an email if I click on the To box and enter the person's firstname I find that the few I recently added are still listed by lastname. Is there a way to reverse this ? "Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote: No. Just reset the order for the Full Name... field correctly: Tools Options Preferences Contact Options... -- Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] "Anne-Louise" wrote in message ... Sorry - the word Address Book is obviously misleading, so ignore it - I am referring to Contacts. Should do a Detect and Repair perhaps ? "Brian Tillman" wrote: Anne-Louise wrote: Suddenly, when I enter a new contact in my Outlook Address Book (Microsoft Outlook version 2002) the field for Full Name reverses lastname and firstname although I enter these in firstname, lastname order. This means that when entering addresses in my email some of the list comes up by lastname although most is by firstname. I must have changed something, but don't know what. Please help ! Since the Address Book contains no data, you should never enter anything from the Address Book. Your contacts are in the Contacts folders and that where you should add them. -- Brian Tillman
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October 6th 06, 08:13 PM
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troubleshoot contacts fields, full name - lastname reverses
So now you are trying to sort the Outlook Address Book?
Go to Tools E-mail accounts View or change existing directories or address books Outlook Address Book Change… Set your sort order there -- Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] "Anne-Louise" wrote in message ... Thank you. This has solved most of my problem, as the name fields are now working as they should. However, when sending an email if I click on the To box and enter the person's firstname I find that the few I recently added are still listed by lastname. Is there a way to reverse this ? "Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote: No. Just reset the order for the Full Name... field correctly: Tools Options Preferences Contact Options... -- Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] "Anne-Louise" wrote in message ... Sorry - the word Address Book is obviously misleading, so ignore it - I am referring to Contacts. Should do a Detect and Repair perhaps ? "Brian Tillman" wrote: Anne-Louise wrote: Suddenly, when I enter a new contact in my Outlook Address Book (Microsoft Outlook version 2002) the field for Full Name reverses lastname and firstname although I enter these in firstname, lastname order. This means that when entering addresses in my email some of the list comes up by lastname although most is by firstname. I must have changed something, but don't know what. Please help ! Since the Address Book contains no data, you should never enter anything from the Address Book. Your contacts are in the Contacts folders and that where you should add them. -- Brian Tillman
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October 6th 06, 08:17 PM
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troubleshoot contacts fields, full name - lastname reverses
The penny dropped... I complicated something that should have been very
simple to fix ! In the 'file as' box - I deleted the lastname, firstname I had typed in myself, selected the 'lastname, firsname' that then came up automatically and all the name entries are in the same order again. I had to do this for each entry separately, so was very glad the problem has not been going on for too many weeks ! Thanks for your solution  "Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote: No. Just reset the order for the Full Name... field correctly: Tools Options Preferences Contact Options... -- Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] "Anne-Louise" wrote in message ... Sorry - the word Address Book is obviously misleading, so ignore it - I am referring to Contacts. Should do a Detect and Repair perhaps ? "Brian Tillman" wrote: Anne-Louise wrote: Suddenly, when I enter a new contact in my Outlook Address Book (Microsoft Outlook version 2002) the field for Full Name reverses lastname and firstname although I enter these in firstname, lastname order. This means that when entering addresses in my email some of the list comes up by lastname although most is by firstname. I must have changed something, but don't know what. Please help ! Since the Address Book contains no data, you should never enter anything from the Address Book. Your contacts are in the Contacts folders and that where you should add them. -- Brian Tillman
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