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February 1st 06, 09:00 PM
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Lost my contacts & now company names don't display
In an effort to switch from the old style *.pst to the new style, somewhere
along the line I lost my contacts and calendar. However, I imported them back from my Palm Pilot. However, every contact now shows only the name, not the company name. I have to open each one, drop down the "File As" box, and switch the display to Company, last name, first name format. I went into Tools, Options, contact options, and checked to make sure that the default setting for new contacts was Company (last,first). However, this doesn't change the current contacts. Any thoughts on how to change the existing contacts without re-opening each one? Thanks! 
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February 1st 06, 09:46 PM
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Lost my contacts & now company names don't display
You can't. Importing Contacts never restores them, nor do your settings for
File As... or other fields get applied. You should restore from a backup of your PST file by copying the data from it. Never import. You can only change the File As... field for existing Contacts by running code or editing each individually. http://support.microsoft.com/default...Product=ol2002 -- Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] "tester2500" wrote in message ... In an effort to switch from the old style *.pst to the new style, somewhere along the line I lost my contacts and calendar. However, I imported them back from my Palm Pilot. However, every contact now shows only the name, not the company name. I have to open each one, drop down the "File As" box, and switch the display to Company, last name, first name format. I went into Tools, Options, contact options, and checked to make sure that the default setting for new contacts was Company (last,first). However, this doesn't change the current contacts. Any thoughts on how to change the existing contacts without re-opening each one? Thanks!
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February 2nd 06, 03:31 PM
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Lost my contacts & now company names don't display
Thanks Russ, that code worked and saved me hours!
"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote: You can't. Importing Contacts never restores them, nor do your settings for File As... or other fields get applied. You should restore from a backup of your PST file by copying the data from it. Never import. You can only change the File As... field for existing Contacts by running code or editing each individually. http://support.microsoft.com/default...Product=ol2002 -- Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] "tester2500" wrote in message ... In an effort to switch from the old style *.pst to the new style, somewhere along the line I lost my contacts and calendar. However, I imported them back from my Palm Pilot. However, every contact now shows only the name, not the company name. I have to open each one, drop down the "File As" box, and switch the display to Company, last name, first name format. I went into Tools, Options, contact options, and checked to make sure that the default setting for new contacts was Company (last,first). However, this doesn't change the current contacts. Any thoughts on how to change the existing contacts without re-opening each one? Thanks!
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February 2nd 06, 09:04 PM
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Lost my contacts & now company names don't display
Good to know. Were you using Outlook 2003?
-- Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] "tester2500" wrote in message ... Thanks Russ, that code worked and saved me hours! "Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote: You can't. Importing Contacts never restores them, nor do your settings for File As... or other fields get applied. You should restore from a backup of your PST file by copying the data from it. Never import. You can only change the File As... field for existing Contacts by running code or editing each individually. http://support.microsoft.com/default...Product=ol2002 -- Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] "tester2500" wrote in message ... In an effort to switch from the old style *.pst to the new style, somewhere along the line I lost my contacts and calendar. However, I imported them back from my Palm Pilot. However, every contact now shows only the name, not the company name. I have to open each one, drop down the "File As" box, and switch the display to Company, last name, first name format. I went into Tools, Options, contact options, and checked to make sure that the default setting for new contacts was Company (last,first). However, this doesn't change the current contacts. Any thoughts on how to change the existing contacts without re-opening each one? Thanks!
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