How do I stop Outlook adding "United States" to domestic contacts

[Mike Harris]

Over time, some US based contacts have "USA" or "United States of America"
added to the names. Can I prevent that since I would not add USA to an
address labels?

 

[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

No. This has always been normal behavior in Outlook. The country is tied to
your regional settings in Control Panel and there is no way and no need to
prevent from being inserted into the Contact Record. Instead, you control
whether or not is inserted into addresses when you insert an address in
Word. To do so, you need to edit the AutoText layout that controls this. See
http://www.slipstick.com/contacts/insword.htm

 

[Billy]

I hate that Outlook Contacts does this. I am constantly removing the United
States of America. It pops up sporadically on various addresses. I remove
them only to have it appear on other addresses later. Is there a permanent
way to remove this? It doesn't pop up on every address. What determines when
and if it will pop up? Is this fixed in later versions of Outlook Contacts?

No. This has always been normal behavior in Outlook. The country is tied to
your regional settings in Control Panel and there is no way and no need to
prevent from being inserted into the Contact Record. Instead, you control
whether or not is inserted into addresses when you insert an address in
Word. To do so, you need to edit the AutoText layout that controls this. See
http://www.slipstick.com/contacts/insword.htm









--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

Over time, some US based contacts have "USA" or "United States of America"
added to the names. Can I prevent that since I would not add USA to an
address labels?

 

[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

Read the answer I posted. There is nothing to fix.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

I hate that Outlook Contacts does this. I am constantly removing the United
States of America. It pops up sporadically on various addresses. I remove
them only to have it appear on other addresses later. Is there a permanent
way to remove this? It doesn't pop up on every address. What determines
when
and if it will pop up? Is this fixed in later versions of Outlook
Contacts?

No. This has always been normal behavior in Outlook. The country is tied
to
your regional settings in Control Panel and there is no way and no need
to
prevent from being inserted into the Contact Record. Instead, you control
whether or not is inserted into addresses when you insert an address in
Word. To do so, you need to edit the AutoText layout that controls this.
See
http://www.slipstick.com/contacts/insword.htm









--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

Over time, some US based contacts have "USA" or "United States of
America"
added to the names. Can I prevent that since I would not add USA to an
address labels?

 

[Billy]

Your "pat" answer isn't sufficient. If your response is accurate, why doesn't
the United States of America appear on EVERY address? I have over 600
addresses in MS Contacts and your answer doesn't hold water. The United
States of America appears in 20% of the addresses. If I remove it from one
address, why does it not reappear later on the same address? This NORMAL
activity hops around my Contact files. I've used Microsoft Outlook for years
and this PROBLEM and ANNOYANCE has only surfaced within the last year. If
this is the NORMAL behavior, why haven't I "enjoyed" this behavior for the
many years I've used MS Contacts? And, your "help" for printing in MS Word is
only a partial help. What about those using label printers that imports a
large segments of the Contact addresses? Due to the NORMAL behavior, I have
to go through the entire list of contacts being printed and remove the United
States of America before printing the labels. Surely there is a fix for this
NORMAL bug.

Read the answer I posted. There is nothing to fix.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

I hate that Outlook Contacts does this. I am constantly removing the United
States of America. It pops up sporadically on various addresses. I remove
them only to have it appear on other addresses later. Is there a permanent
way to remove this? It doesn't pop up on every address. What determines
when
and if it will pop up? Is this fixed in later versions of Outlook
Contacts?

No. This has always been normal behavior in Outlook. The country is tied
to
your regional settings in Control Panel and there is no way and no need
to
prevent from being inserted into the Contact Record. Instead, you control
whether or not is inserted into addresses when you insert an address in
Word. To do so, you need to edit the AutoText layout that controls this.
See
http://www.slipstick.com/contacts/insword.htm









--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Over time, some US based contacts have "USA" or "United States of
America"
added to the names. Can I prevent that since I would not add USA to an
address labels?

 

[Billy]

Russ, read my questions. If there is nothing to fix, address the problems
that I wrote about. Your "there is nothing to fix" didn't answer anything.
The additions are not consistent but rather sporadic. They pop up at will.
Once removed, the United States of America might appear on the same address
or move to another of my 600+ addresses. This seems FAR from NORMAL. You
didn't address why this NORMAL behavior just popped up within the last few
months. I've used MS Outlook Contacts for years without this NORMAL behavior.

Read the answer I posted. There is nothing to fix.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

I hate that Outlook Contacts does this. I am constantly removing the United
States of America. It pops up sporadically on various addresses. I remove
them only to have it appear on other addresses later. Is there a permanent
way to remove this? It doesn't pop up on every address. What determines
when
and if it will pop up? Is this fixed in later versions of Outlook
Contacts?

No. This has always been normal behavior in Outlook. The country is tied
to
your regional settings in Control Panel and there is no way and no need
to
prevent from being inserted into the Contact Record. Instead, you control
whether or not is inserted into addresses when you insert an address in
Word. To do so, you need to edit the AutoText layout that controls this.
See
http://www.slipstick.com/contacts/insword.htm









--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Over time, some US based contacts have "USA" or "United States of
America"
added to the names. Can I prevent that since I would not add USA to an
address labels?

 

[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

All answered in the information I posted. You are in complete control of
whether or not the country field is included in an address by controlling
the layout of that address in Word. If you don't understand the answer,
clarify what your specific question is. Your post is far too vague for
anyone to be able to help. There is no "bug" here.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

Russ, read my questions. If there is nothing to fix, address the problems
that I wrote about. Your "there is nothing to fix" didn't answer anything.
The additions are not consistent but rather sporadic. They pop up at will.
Once removed, the United States of America might appear on the same
address
or move to another of my 600+ addresses. This seems FAR from NORMAL. You
didn't address why this NORMAL behavior just popped up within the last few
months. I've used MS Outlook Contacts for years without this NORMAL
behavior.

Read the answer I posted. There is nothing to fix.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

I hate that Outlook Contacts does this. I am constantly removing the
United
States of America. It pops up sporadically on various addresses. I
remove
them only to have it appear on other addresses later. Is there a
permanent
way to remove this? It doesn't pop up on every address. What determines
when
and if it will pop up? Is this fixed in later versions of Outlook
Contacts?

:

No. This has always been normal behavior in Outlook. The country is
tied
to
your regional settings in Control Panel and there is no way and no
need
to
prevent from being inserted into the Contact Record. Instead, you
control
whether or not is inserted into addresses when you insert an address
in
Word. To do so, you need to edit the AutoText layout that controls
this.
See
http://www.slipstick.com/contacts/insword.htm









--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Over time, some US based contacts have "USA" or "United States of
America"
added to the names. Can I prevent that since I would not add USA to
an
address labels?

 

[Billy]

Russ, I've never mentioned the word "Word" once, have I? You keep addressing
questions that I haven't asked. I rarely use an address from MS Outlook
Contacts in MS Word. I do however often print labels using the Dymo
LabelWriter and have to physically go through the addresses and remove the
United States of America entries so that they don't appear in the labels. My
question is why does United States of America appear in some addresses and
not others? If it is normal, it would appear in ALL addresses, right?

All answered in the information I posted. You are in complete control of
whether or not the country field is included in an address by controlling
the layout of that address in Word. If you don't understand the answer,
clarify what your specific question is. Your post is far too vague for
anyone to be able to help. There is no "bug" here.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

Russ, read my questions. If there is nothing to fix, address the problems
that I wrote about. Your "there is nothing to fix" didn't answer anything.
The additions are not consistent but rather sporadic. They pop up at will.
Once removed, the United States of America might appear on the same
address
or move to another of my 600+ addresses. This seems FAR from NORMAL. You
didn't address why this NORMAL behavior just popped up within the last few
months. I've used MS Outlook Contacts for years without this NORMAL
behavior.

Read the answer I posted. There is nothing to fix.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
I hate that Outlook Contacts does this. I am constantly removing the
United
States of America. It pops up sporadically on various addresses. I
remove
them only to have it appear on other addresses later. Is there a
permanent
way to remove this? It doesn't pop up on every address. What determines
when
and if it will pop up? Is this fixed in later versions of Outlook
Contacts?

:

No. This has always been normal behavior in Outlook. The country is
tied
to
your regional settings in Control Panel and there is no way and no
need
to
prevent from being inserted into the Contact Record. Instead, you
control
whether or not is inserted into addresses when you insert an address
in
Word. To do so, you need to edit the AutoText layout that controls
this.
See
http://www.slipstick.com/contacts/insword.htm









--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Over time, some US based contacts have "USA" or "United States of
America"
added to the names. Can I prevent that since I would not add USA to
an
address labels?

 

[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

You keep missing the essential point here. The only place that the country
field is of consequence is in a printed postal address, which clearly
requires a word processor. The only word processor Outlook supports is
Microsoft Word. If you have some other word processing software that you
were expecting Outlook to support (which you completely failed to mention,
BTW), your issue is with that software. For the last time, this is not an
Outlook issue.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

Russ, I've never mentioned the word "Word" once, have I? You keep
addressing
questions that I haven't asked. I rarely use an address from MS Outlook
Contacts in MS Word. I do however often print labels using the Dymo
LabelWriter and have to physically go through the addresses and remove the
United States of America entries so that they don't appear in the labels.
My
question is why does United States of America appear in some addresses and
not others? If it is normal, it would appear in ALL addresses, right?

All answered in the information I posted. You are in complete control of
whether or not the country field is included in an address by controlling
the layout of that address in Word. If you don't understand the answer,
clarify what your specific question is. Your post is far too vague for
anyone to be able to help. There is no "bug" here.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

Russ, read my questions. If there is nothing to fix, address the
problems
that I wrote about. Your "there is nothing to fix" didn't answer
anything.
The additions are not consistent but rather sporadic. They pop up at
will.
Once removed, the United States of America might appear on the same
address
or move to another of my 600+ addresses. This seems FAR from NORMAL.
You
didn't address why this NORMAL behavior just popped up within the last
few
months. I've used MS Outlook Contacts for years without this NORMAL
behavior.

:

Read the answer I posted. There is nothing to fix.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
I hate that Outlook Contacts does this. I am constantly removing the
United
States of America. It pops up sporadically on various addresses. I
remove
them only to have it appear on other addresses later. Is there a
permanent
way to remove this? It doesn't pop up on every address. What
determines
when
and if it will pop up? Is this fixed in later versions of Outlook
Contacts?

:

No. This has always been normal behavior in Outlook. The country is
tied
to
your regional settings in Control Panel and there is no way and no
need
to
prevent from being inserted into the Contact Record. Instead, you
control
whether or not is inserted into addresses when you insert an
address
in
Word. To do so, you need to edit the AutoText layout that controls
this.
See
http://www.slipstick.com/contacts/insword.htm









--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
message
Over time, some US based contacts have "USA" or "United States of
America"
added to the names. Can I prevent that since I would not add USA
to
an
address labels?

 

[Billy]

Russ, thank you for your assistance. You are right in that it is of no
consequence if you are importing the contacts into MS Word. The whole reason
for continuing the dialogue with you was to see if this addition to Contacts
can be avoided. Whether it is workable in Word or not to me wasn't the issue.
I guess that I'm like the TV character Monk where unneccessary additions
bother me. I just don't understand why the additions happen and wanted to
avoid them from occurring. Thank you for your patience with me.

You keep missing the essential point here. The only place that the country
field is of consequence is in a printed postal address, which clearly
requires a word processor. The only word processor Outlook supports is
Microsoft Word. If you have some other word processing software that you
were expecting Outlook to support (which you completely failed to mention,
BTW), your issue is with that software. For the last time, this is not an
Outlook issue.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

Russ, I've never mentioned the word "Word" once, have I? You keep
addressing
questions that I haven't asked. I rarely use an address from MS Outlook
Contacts in MS Word. I do however often print labels using the Dymo
LabelWriter and have to physically go through the addresses and remove the
United States of America entries so that they don't appear in the labels.
My
question is why does United States of America appear in some addresses and
not others? If it is normal, it would appear in ALL addresses, right?

All answered in the information I posted. You are in complete control of
whether or not the country field is included in an address by controlling
the layout of that address in Word. If you don't understand the answer,
clarify what your specific question is. Your post is far too vague for
anyone to be able to help. There is no "bug" here.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Russ, read my questions. If there is nothing to fix, address the
problems
that I wrote about. Your "there is nothing to fix" didn't answer
anything.
The additions are not consistent but rather sporadic. They pop up at
will.
Once removed, the United States of America might appear on the same
address
or move to another of my 600+ addresses. This seems FAR from NORMAL.
You
didn't address why this NORMAL behavior just popped up within the last
few
months. I've used MS Outlook Contacts for years without this NORMAL
behavior.

:

Read the answer I posted. There is nothing to fix.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
I hate that Outlook Contacts does this. I am constantly removing the
United
States of America. It pops up sporadically on various addresses. I
remove
them only to have it appear on other addresses later. Is there a
permanent
way to remove this? It doesn't pop up on every address. What
determines
when
and if it will pop up? Is this fixed in later versions of Outlook
Contacts?

:

No. This has always been normal behavior in Outlook. The country is
tied
to
your regional settings in Control Panel and there is no way and no
need
to
prevent from being inserted into the Contact Record. Instead, you
control
whether or not is inserted into addresses when you insert an
address
in
Word. To do so, you need to edit the AutoText layout that controls
this.
See
http://www.slipstick.com/contacts/insword.htm









--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
message
Over time, some US based contacts have "USA" or "United States of
America"
added to the names. Can I prevent that since I would not add USA
to
an
address labels?