How to do a mass change 'file as' for all contacts

[damion2275]

I currently file all my contacts by company name first under the 'file as'
option. I now want to change that to file by name first, but I have a lot of
contacts. Is there a way to change them all at one time, or do I have to
change each one individually? Or is there an app out there that can do it?

 

[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

You can run code to do it:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;291144&Product=ol2002

 

[damion2275]

Does the code exist out there already in an app that you can run? I do not
know code, so I wouldn't feel comfortable trying to do it myself...

You can run code to do it:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;291144&Product=ol2002

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Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

I currently file all my contacts by company name first under the 'file as'
option. I now want to change that to file by name first, but I have a lot
of
contacts. Is there a way to change them all at one time, or do I have to
change each one individually? Or is there an app out there that can do it?

 

[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

Not that I know of. If there are ISV's who have done this, they would have
jumped on this thread before I did.
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Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

Does the code exist out there already in an app that you can run? I do
not
know code, so I wouldn't feel comfortable trying to do it myself...

You can run code to do it:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;291144&Product=ol2002

--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

I currently file all my contacts by company name first under the 'file
as'
option. I now want to change that to file by name first, but I have a
lot
of
contacts. Is there a way to change them all at one time, or do I have
to
change each one individually? Or is there an app out there that can do
it?

 

[Brian Tillman]

I currently file all my contacts by company name first under the
'file as' option. I now want to change that to file by name first,
but I have a lot of contacts. Is there a way to change them all at
one time, or do I have to change each one individually? Or is there
an app out there that can do it?

There are apps that will do it. One of them is
http://www.datafieldsmanager.com/ . More may be found at
http://www.slipstick.com/addins/contacts_entry.asp