get Outlook to display contact names with suffixes: M.D., D.D.S.,

[Guest]

If I enter 'John Smith, M.D.' in the Full Name box of a contact, the File As
box gives the choices of
'John Smith, M. D.', or
'M. D. John Smith' (note that a space is added before the Ds).
Dr. Smith is then listed under the letter 'M' in the Contacts list (address
cards view).
Address Cards view is supposed to list people alphabetically by last name.
I haven't even tested the mail merge for such people.
Please help.
I have Office XP with updates installed.

 

[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

Did you try parsing the name elements correctly?

 

[Guest]

'John Smith, M.D.' is correct. Perhaps you have a specific suggestion.

Did you try parsing the name elements correctly?
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

If I enter 'John Smith, M.D.' in the Full Name box of a contact, the File
As
box gives the choices of
'John Smith, M. D.', or
'M. D. John Smith' (note that a space is added before the Ds).
Dr. Smith is then listed under the letter 'M' in the Contacts list
(address
cards view).
Address Cards view is supposed to list people alphabetically by last name.
I haven't even tested the mail merge for such people.
Please help.
I have Office XP with updates installed.

 

[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

I already made a specific suggestion.
Parse the name elements correctly.
Put them in their designated fields, not the Full Name field.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

'John Smith, M.D.' is correct. Perhaps you have a specific suggestion.

Did you try parsing the name elements correctly?
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

If I enter 'John Smith, M.D.' in the Full Name box of a contact, the
File
As
box gives the choices of
'John Smith, M. D.', or
'M. D. John Smith' (note that a space is added before the Ds).
Dr. Smith is then listed under the letter 'M' in the Contacts list
(address
cards view).
Address Cards view is supposed to list people alphabetically by last
name.
I haven't even tested the mail merge for such people.
Please help.
I have Office XP with updates installed.

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

I think what Russ is suggesting is that you click the Full Name button and
place the name elements each in their own field. The symptoms indicate that
they are not currently so configured.

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of
Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers

'John Smith, M.D.' is correct. Perhaps you have a specific suggestion.

Did you try parsing the name elements correctly?
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

If I enter 'John Smith, M.D.' in the Full Name box of a contact, the
File
As
box gives the choices of
'John Smith, M. D.', or
'M. D. John Smith' (note that a space is added before the Ds).
Dr. Smith is then listed under the letter 'M' in the Contacts list
(address
cards view).
Address Cards view is supposed to list people alphabetically by last
name.
I haven't even tested the mail merge for such people.
Please help.
I have Office XP with updates installed.