Outlook 2007-Full Name is displaying backwards

Hi. I recently imported contacts into Outlook 2007 from Excel. The
information seems to have imported correctly. The only problem is that the
full name is shown backwards. e.g. Smith Bob (no comma). When I click on the
full name dialog box, the last name is in the correct place Last Name: Smith
and respectively First Name: Bob, but it just displays backwards in the full
name field and in the contact list and on the business card. 'File as' is
correct as well e.g. File as: Smith, Bob. That is fine... I have tried to
change the current view customization, sorting by full name, last name, first
name, none, etc. Under Tools, Options, Contact Options I have set the Default
Full Name order as First (Middle) Last. I currently and usually have the
current view set as Phone List. Any ideas for me??? I would really apprecaite
it. I have been trying to fix this for 2 days.
--
/jz

Russ
Thu Jul 17 14:04:40 PDT 2008

One of the many limitations of creating Contacts by importing is that none
of your derived fields will obey your preferences. The only way you can
change a derived field after it is incorrect is to recreate the Contact or
run code.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"jzeeeeee" <jz@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:485C4384-1015-4E80-A6B7-C844C1AEA4AD@microsoft.com...
> Hi. I recently imported contacts into Outlook 2007 from Excel. The
> information seems to have imported correctly. The only problem is that the
> full name is shown backwards. e.g. Smith Bob (no comma). When I click on
> the
> full name dialog box, the last name is in the correct place Last Name:
> Smith
> and respectively First Name: Bob, but it just displays backwards in the
> full
> name field and in the contact list and on the business card. 'File as' is
> correct as well e.g. File as: Smith, Bob. That is fine... I have tried to
> change the current view customization, sorting by full name, last name,
> first
> name, none, etc. Under Tools, Options, Contact Options I have set the
> Default
> Full Name order as First (Middle) Last. I currently and usually have the
> current view set as Phone List. Any ideas for me??? I would really
> apprecaite
> it. I have been trying to fix this for 2 days.
> --
> /jz

Geri
Thu Aug 21 09:30:49 PDT 2008

Have you found a resoulution to this problem yet? I am having the same problem and any help would be greatly appreciated.

Geri
Thu Aug 21 09:31:37 PDT 2008

Have you found a resoulution to this problem yet? I am having the same problem and any help would be greatly appreciated.

Geri
Mon Aug 25 06:48:02 PDT 2008

Is the code that you need to run to fix this problem readily available
somewhere?

"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

> One of the many limitations of creating Contacts by importing is that none
> of your derived fields will obey your preferences. The only way you can
> change a derived field after it is incorrect is to recreate the Contact or
> run code.
> --
> Russ Valentine
> [MVP-Outlook]
> "jzeeeeee" <jz@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:485C4384-1015-4E80-A6B7-C844C1AEA4AD@microsoft.com...
> > Hi. I recently imported contacts into Outlook 2007 from Excel. The
> > information seems to have imported correctly. The only problem is that the
> > full name is shown backwards. e.g. Smith Bob (no comma). When I click on
> > the
> > full name dialog box, the last name is in the correct place Last Name:
> > Smith
> > and respectively First Name: Bob, but it just displays backwards in the
> > full
> > name field and in the contact list and on the business card. 'File as' is
> > correct as well e.g. File as: Smith, Bob. That is fine... I have tried to
> > change the current view customization, sorting by full name, last name,
> > first
> > name, none, etc. Under Tools, Options, Contact Options I have set the
> > Default
> > Full Name order as First (Middle) Last. I currently and usually have the
> > current view set as Phone List. Any ideas for me??? I would really
> > apprecaite
> > it. I have been trying to fix this for 2 days.
> > --
> > /jz
>

Russ
Fri Aug 29 13:03:39 PDT 2008

Microsoft has always posted code on how to change the File As field for
existing Contacts in the KB. Foe example:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;291144&Product=ol2002
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"Geri" <Geri@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:ED6D40D4-3A9F-4E19-A8A1-CC3E557D9D34@microsoft.com...
> Is the code that you need to run to fix this problem readily available
> somewhere?
>
> "Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:
>
>> One of the many limitations of creating Contacts by importing is that
>> none
>> of your derived fields will obey your preferences. The only way you can
>> change a derived field after it is incorrect is to recreate the Contact
>> or
>> run code.
>> --
>> Russ Valentine
>> [MVP-Outlook]
>> "jzeeeeee" <jz@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:485C4384-1015-4E80-A6B7-C844C1AEA4AD@microsoft.com...
>> > Hi. I recently imported contacts into Outlook 2007 from Excel. The
>> > information seems to have imported correctly. The only problem is that
>> > the
>> > full name is shown backwards. e.g. Smith Bob (no comma). When I click
>> > on
>> > the
>> > full name dialog box, the last name is in the correct place Last Name:
>> > Smith
>> > and respectively First Name: Bob, but it just displays backwards in the
>> > full
>> > name field and in the contact list and on the business card. 'File as'
>> > is
>> > correct as well e.g. File as: Smith, Bob. That is fine... I have tried
>> > to
>> > change the current view customization, sorting by full name, last name,
>> > first
>> > name, none, etc. Under Tools, Options, Contact Options I have set the
>> > Default
>> > Full Name order as First (Middle) Last. I currently and usually have
>> > the
>> > current view set as Phone List. Any ideas for me??? I would really
>> > apprecaite
>> > it. I have been trying to fix this for 2 days.
>> > --
>> > /jz
>>