Bug in Outlook contacts

[Alain Dekker]

If a person's name is "Des" or "Les", Outlook thinks that is part of the
surname, and does not offer you the "Surname, Des" option. If you then enter
than manually, and export the Contacts to an excel file, it still puts both
names into the "Surname" cell.

I think this is a pretty silly bug. What does "Des"/"Les" mean anyway? Are
they French or something? I have a friend called Les, and another called
Des, and Outlook for some reason cannot handle this.

Regards,
Alain

 

[Brian Tillman]

If a person's name is "Des" or "Les", Outlook thinks that is part of
the surname, and does not offer you the "Surname, Des" option. If you
then enter than manually, and export the Contacts to an excel file,
it still puts both names into the "Surname" cell.

Works fine in Outlook 2002. I just tried it.
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Brian Tillman
Smiths Aerospace
3290 Patterson Ave. SE, MS 1B3
Grand Rapids, MI 49512-1991
Brian.Tillman is the name, smiths-aerospace.com is the domain.

I don't speak for Smiths, and Smiths doesn't speak for me.