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
17 JulOutlook 2007-Full Name is displaying backwards.jzeeeeee
17 Jul|- Re: Outlook 2007-Full Name is displaying backwards.Russ Valentine [MVP-O...
25 Aug|  \ Re: Outlook 2007-Full Name is displaying backwards.Geri
29 Aug|     \ Re: Outlook 2007-Full Name is displaying backwards.Russ Valentine [MVP-O...
21 Aug|- Any resolution to the Full Name displaying Last Name,First Name problem.Geri Rizzuto
21 Aug\ Any resolution to the Full Name displaying Last Name,First Name problem.Geri Rizzuto
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