Professional Designations

Can anyone tell me if I can include a professional designation or multiple
designations, e.g., M.D., with a contact name and have other fields populate
properly? If I enter "John Smith, M.D." as the full name, then the 'File as"
field displays by first name rather than last name, and the e-mail "Display
as" field shows "M.D. John Smith," which makes it next to impossible to find
the name when I am creating a new e-mail.

If I omit the comma (for a single designation), the "Display as" field still
does not file by last name but by first name.

Also, entering multiple designations and using a comma to separate them does
not work properly either.

Any suggestions?

Russ
Tue Jul 29 14:00:50 PDT 2008

Why wouldn't you use the suffix field for this?
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Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"tn office mgr" <tnofficemgr@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Can anyone tell me if I can include a professional designation or multiple
> designations, e.g., M.D., with a contact name and have other fields
> populate
> properly? If I enter "John Smith, M.D." as the full name, then the 'File
> as"
> field displays by first name rather than last name, and the e-mail
> "Display
> as" field shows "M.D. John Smith," which makes it next to impossible to
> find
> the name when I am creating a new e-mail.
>
> If I omit the comma (for a single designation), the "Display as" field
> still
> does not file by last name but by first name.
>
> Also, entering multiple designations and using a comma to separate them
> does
> not work properly either.
>
> Any suggestions?

tnofficemgr
Tue Jul 29 14:11:02 PDT 2008

That should work! Thanks for your help.

"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

> Why wouldn't you use the suffix field for this?
> --
> Russ Valentine
> [MVP-Outlook]
> "tn office mgr" <tnofficemgr@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:A39F2C6D-65A7-42F4-8115-CB2B1536CAC5@microsoft.com...
> > Can anyone tell me if I can include a professional designation or multiple
> > designations, e.g., M.D., with a contact name and have other fields
> > populate
> > properly? If I enter "John Smith, M.D." as the full name, then the 'File
> > as"
> > field displays by first name rather than last name, and the e-mail
> > "Display
> > as" field shows "M.D. John Smith," which makes it next to impossible to
> > find
> > the name when I am creating a new e-mail.
> >
> > If I omit the comma (for a single designation), the "Display as" field
> > still
> > does not file by last name but by first name.
> >
> > Also, entering multiple designations and using a comma to separate them
> > does
> > not work properly either.
> >
> > Any suggestions?
>
>

leonolip
Thu Oct 16 07:13:01 PDT 2008

I can't make it put in the comma if I use the suffix field. How do you make
it John Smith, MD instead of John Smith MD?

"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

> Why wouldn't you use the suffix field for this?
> --
> Russ Valentine
> [MVP-Outlook]
> "tn office mgr" <tnofficemgr@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:A39F2C6D-65A7-42F4-8115-CB2B1536CAC5@microsoft.com...
> > Can anyone tell me if I can include a professional designation or multiple
> > designations, e.g., M.D., with a contact name and have other fields
> > populate
> > properly? If I enter "John Smith, M.D." as the full name, then the 'File
> > as"
> > field displays by first name rather than last name, and the e-mail
> > "Display
> > as" field shows "M.D. John Smith," which makes it next to impossible to
> > find
> > the name when I am creating a new e-mail.
> >
> > If I omit the comma (for a single designation), the "Display as" field
> > still
> > does not file by last name but by first name.
> >
> > Also, entering multiple designations and using a comma to separate them
> > does
> > not work properly either.
> >
> > Any suggestions?
>
>

Russ
Thu Oct 16 13:16:40 PDT 2008

Don't know. Using a comma as separator is no longer the preferred
convention.
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Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"leonolip" <leonolip@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:1D06F021-3D94-4508-99CF-51293826AE16@microsoft.com...
>I can't make it put in the comma if I use the suffix field. How do you make
> it John Smith, MD instead of John Smith MD?
>
> "Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:
>
>> Why wouldn't you use the suffix field for this?
>> --
>> Russ Valentine
>> [MVP-Outlook]
>> "tn office mgr" <tnofficemgr@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:A39F2C6D-65A7-42F4-8115-CB2B1536CAC5@microsoft.com...
>> > Can anyone tell me if I can include a professional designation or
>> > multiple
>> > designations, e.g., M.D., with a contact name and have other fields
>> > populate
>> > properly? If I enter "John Smith, M.D." as the full name, then the
>> > 'File
>> > as"
>> > field displays by first name rather than last name, and the e-mail
>> > "Display
>> > as" field shows "M.D. John Smith," which makes it next to impossible to
>> > find
>> > the name when I am creating a new e-mail.
>> >
>> > If I omit the comma (for a single designation), the "Display as" field
>> > still
>> > does not file by last name but by first name.
>> >
>> > Also, entering multiple designations and using a comma to separate them
>> > does
>> > not work properly either.
>> >
>> > Any suggestions?
>>
>>