I needed to find out why some of the names in my address book are appearing
first name, last name and why some are appearing last name, first name with
no rhyme or reason. All names are in contacts to be filed as last name,
first name. Is there a way to correct this? It also happens when I print
labels, etc, some are last name, first name and some are first name, last
name. Any help would be appreciated, thanks!

First you must provide some actual information. Outlook version and the sort
order specified for the address book would be a minimum.
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Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"Nicole B" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:6FB2C616-6436-4FE7-9D99-(E-Mail Removed)...
>I needed to find out why some of the names in my address book are appearing
> first name, last name and why some are appearing last name, first name
> with
> no rhyme or reason. All names are in contacts to be filed as last name,
> first name. Is there a way to correct this? It also happens when I print
> labels, etc, some are last name, first name and some are first name, last
> name. Any help would be appreciated, thanks!

Okay, well it's Outlook 2007, but I was having the same problem with Outlook
XP(03). Also, I didn't know you could specify a sort order for the Address
Book (From the Outlook Help...Names in the Address Book dialog box always
appear in alphabetical order. You cannot change this order.), I did specify
the Contacts be sorted Last name, First name. Once again, any help would be
appreciated, thanks for your interest in helping.

"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

> First you must provide some actual information. Outlook version and the sort
> order specified for the address book would be a minimum.
> --
> Russ Valentine
> [MVP-Outlook]
> "Nicole B" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:6FB2C616-6436-4FE7-9D99-(E-Mail Removed)...
> >I needed to find out why some of the names in my address book are appearing
> > first name, last name and why some are appearing last name, first name
> > with
> > no rhyme or reason. All names are in contacts to be filed as last name,
> > first name. Is there a way to correct this? It also happens when I print
> > labels, etc, some are last name, first name and some are first name, last
> > name. Any help would be appreciated, thanks!
>
>
>

Nicole B <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

> I needed to find out why some of the names in my address book are
> appearing first name, last name and why some are appearing last name,
> first name with no rhyme or reason.

I suspect that you entered some manually and imported others. If so, the
imported ones are probably the ones that appear First Last.
--
Brian Tillman

"Brian Tillman" wrote:

> Nicole B <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
> > I needed to find out why some of the names in my address book are
> > appearing first name, last name and why some are appearing last name,
> > first name with no rhyme or reason.
>
> I suspect that you entered some manually and imported others. If so, the
> imported ones are probably the ones that appear First Last.
> --
> Brian Tillman
>
>

I f I may weigh in to this, I recently upgraded from Outlook 2003 Standard to
Outlook 2007 with Business Contact Manager. Somehow, during the ttransfer of
the pst. files, I went from an address book that displayed all names as last,
first; to a mishmash of last,first, first, last. I went into Contacts and
changed all "Display As" entries that needed to be put back into the last,
first format but this did not fix the address book!.

"Brian Tillman" wrote:

> Nicole B <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
> > I needed to find out why some of the names in my address book are
> > appearing first name, last name and why some are appearing last name,
> > first name with no rhyme or reason.
>
> I suspect that you entered some manually and imported others. If so, the
> imported ones are probably the ones that appear First Last.
> --
> Brian Tillman
>
>

Specify the sort order for the Address Book here:
Tools > Accounts >Address Book Tab > Outlook Address Book > Change...

--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"Nicole B" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:9EF2334C-2A65-4BBA-8F2F-(E-Mail Removed)...
> Okay, well it's Outlook 2007, but I was having the same problem with
> Outlook
> XP(03). Also, I didn't know you could specify a sort order for the
> Address
> Book (From the Outlook Help...Names in the Address Book dialog box always
> appear in alphabetical order. You cannot change this order.), I did
> specify
> the Contacts be sorted Last name, First name. Once again, any help would
> be
> appreciated, thanks for your interest in helping.
>
> "Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:
>
>> First you must provide some actual information. Outlook version and the
>> sort
>> order specified for the address book would be a minimum.
>> --
>> Russ Valentine
>> [MVP-Outlook]
>> "Nicole B" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news:6FB2C616-6436-4FE7-9D99-(E-Mail Removed)...
>> >I needed to find out why some of the names in my address book are
>> >appearing
>> > first name, last name and why some are appearing last name, first name
>> > with
>> > no rhyme or reason. All names are in contacts to be filed as last
>> > name,
>> > first name. Is there a way to correct this? It also happens when I
>> > print
>> > labels, etc, some are last name, first name and some are first name,
>> > last
>> > name. Any help would be appreciated, thanks!
>>
>>
>>

G in Limbo <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

> I f I may weigh in to this, I recently upgraded from Outlook 2003
> Standard to Outlook 2007 with Business Contact Manager. Somehow,
> during the ttransfer of the pst. files, I went from an address book
> that displayed all names as last, first; to a mishmash of last,first,
> first, last. I went into Contacts and changed all "Display As"
> entries that needed to be put back into the last, first format but
> this did not fix the address book!.

Read Russ's most recent answer.
--
Brian Tillman

I have Windows Mail that came with Vista. How do I change all my contacts
from first names first to first names last?

"Nicole B" wrote:

> I needed to find out why some of the names in my address book are appearing
> first name, last name and why some are appearing last name, first name with
> no rhyme or reason. All names are in contacts to be filed as last name,
> first name. Is there a way to correct this? It also happens when I print
> labels, etc, some are last name, first name and some are first name, last
> name. Any help would be appreciated, thanks!

Bill B <Bill (E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

> I have Windows Mail that came with Vista. How do I change all my
> contacts from first names first to first names last?

news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...ows.vista.mail is the
correct group for this question.
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Brian Tillman