>>>> The code sample at
http://www.slipstick.com/contacts/file-as.htm sets
>>>> the fileas. This uses Outlook's default fileas types so you don't
>>>> need to test for the presence of a company name - if there isn't a
>>>> company name it uses Last, First only.
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
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>>>> "Marathon" <jsssbs@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>>>> news:eNc$rS6wJHA.4980@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>>>>> Somehow I lost the company name associations in "file as" in over 1500
>>>>> contacts. Probably had something to do with synching a blackberry.
>>>>> Is there a way to recreate this en mass if a company exists and do
>>>>> nothing of none exists etc?
>>>>>
>>>>> EX
>>>>>
>>>>> John Doe.
>>>>> XYX, INC
>>>>>
>>>>> File as:
>>>>>
>>>>> John Doe (XYX, Inc.)
>>>>>
>>>>> TIA!
>>>>>