Outlook 2003 contacts & the display as field...

[Ivan T. Williams]

I have Outlook 2003, and have about 100 contacts. I've set the option for
the contacts to show as 'first-name / last-name'. But, how can I change ALL
my contacts 'display as' to show first name last name, WITHOUT going into
each one and changing it?

 

[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

You can't. One wonders why you would need to. It won't affect anything since
that field is not used for sorting.

 

[Ivan T. Williams]

Wait, sorry, hold the phone! I meant the "file as" field!?! Silly me, always
rushing...

You can't. One wonders why you would need to. It won't affect anything
since that field is not used for sorting.
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Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

I have Outlook 2003, and have about 100 contacts. I've set the option for
the contacts to show as 'first-name / last-name'. But, how can I change
ALL my contacts 'display as' to show first name last name, WITHOUT going
into each one and changing it?

 

[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

Microsoft has provided some code samples to allow you to do that. I don't
know if it's supported in Outlook 2003.
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;291144&Product=ol2002

--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

Wait, sorry, hold the phone! I meant the "file as" field!?! Silly me,
always rushing...

You can't. One wonders why you would need to. It won't affect anything
since that field is not used for sorting.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

I have Outlook 2003, and have about 100 contacts. I've set the option for
the contacts to show as 'first-name / last-name'. But, how can I change
ALL my contacts 'display as' to show first name last name, WITHOUT going
into each one and changing it?

 

[Ivan T. Williams]

....really appreciate it! I will review this...

Microsoft has provided some code samples to allow you to do that. I don't
know if it's supported in Outlook 2003.
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;291144&Product=ol2002

--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

Wait, sorry, hold the phone! I meant the "file as" field!?! Silly me,
always rushing...

You can't. One wonders why you would need to. It won't affect anything
since that field is not used for sorting.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
I have Outlook 2003, and have about 100 contacts. I've set the option
for the contacts to show as 'first-name / last-name'. But, how can I
change ALL my contacts 'display as' to show first name last name,
WITHOUT going into each one and changing it?