British & Irish Address Formats

[Guest]

I use Microsoft Outlook at work as my address book, diary etc. Almost all my
contacts are in the United Kingdom. Outlook does not seem set up for British
addresses. It is uncomfortable to be entering addresses with fields called
"City", "State/Province", "Zip". Any address in Britain or in Ireland will
be "Town", "County", "Post Code".

I used to use a non-Microsoft product for addresses. In that one the
address field labels could be renamed, so while the programme thought the
fields were "City", "State", "Zip", the screen displayed "Town", "County",
"Post Code". It was much more comfortable for a British user. (I would have
stuck with that programme but for an office move and its inability to
integrate with other systems.)

Could Microsoft do something about that? Either allow the user to rename
the field labels or, better still, add something to the Language Settings so
that when "English (United Kingdom)" or "English (Ireland)" is chosen those
labels are given already.

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Rupert & Anne-Georgina

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[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

What language version and locale of Office are you using? What language OS are you using?

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Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

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After furious head scratching, Rupert & Anne-Georgina asked:

| I use Microsoft Outlook at work as my address book, diary etc.
| Almost all my contacts are in the United Kingdom. Outlook does not
| seem set up for British addresses. It is uncomfortable to be
| entering addresses with fields called "City", "State/Province",
| "Zip". Any address in Britain or in Ireland will be "Town",
| "County", "Post Code".
|
| I used to use a non-Microsoft product for addresses. In that one the
| address field labels could be renamed, so while the programme thought
| the fields were "City", "State", "Zip", the screen displayed "Town",
| "County", "Post Code". It was much more comfortable for a British
| user. (I would have stuck with that programme but for an office move
| and its inability to integrate with other systems.)
|
| Could Microsoft do something about that? Either allow the user to
| rename the field labels or, better still, add something to the
| Language Settings so that when "English (United Kingdom)" or "English
| (Ireland)" is chosen those labels are given already.

 

[Guest]

Thank you for the swift response.

I looked at the MS Outlook "System Info".

On my personal, home version the OS is:
Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition
Version 5.1.2600 Service Pack 2 Build 2600

At the office (registered in my firm's name) the OS is:
Microsoft Windows XP Professional
Version 5.1.2600 Service Pack 2 Build 2600

In both cases the Locale is: United Kingdom

In both cases it says:
"System Language" is "English (United Kingdom)", but
"Language" is "English (United States)"

The technical distinction between "System Language" and "Language" is lost
to me.

Does that mean someone sold me (and my firm) US versions of the programme,
or is soething just not set up properly?

 

[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

You need to change your language to UK - you can also do this with your keyboard language. Control Panel->Keyboard.

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Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

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After furious head scratching, Rupert & Anne-Georgina asked:

| Thank you for the swift response.
|
| I looked at the MS Outlook "System Info".
|
| On my personal, home version the OS is:
| Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition
| Version 5.1.2600 Service Pack 2 Build 2600
|
| At the office (registered in my firm's name) the OS is:
| Microsoft Windows XP Professional
| Version 5.1.2600 Service Pack 2 Build 2600
|
| In both cases the Locale is: United Kingdom
|
| In both cases it says:
| "System Language" is "English (United Kingdom)", but
| "Language" is "English (United States)"
|
| The technical distinction between "System Language" and "Language" is
| lost to me.
|
| Does that mean someone sold me (and my firm) US versions of the
| programme, or is soething just not set up properly?
|
|| What language version and locale of Office are you using? What
|| language OS are you using?
||
|| --
|| Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]
||
|| Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact.
||
|| After furious head scratching, Rupert & Anne-Georgina asked:
||
||| I use Microsoft Outlook at work as my address book, diary etc.
||| Almost all my contacts are in the United Kingdom. Outlook does not
||| seem set up for British addresses. It is uncomfortable to be
||| entering addresses with fields called "City", "State/Province",
||| "Zip". Any address in Britain or in Ireland will be "Town",
||| "County", "Post Code".
|||
||| I used to use a non-Microsoft product for addresses. In that one
||| the address field labels could be renamed, so while the programme
||| thought the fields were "City", "State", "Zip", the screen
||| displayed "Town", "County", "Post Code". It was much more
||| comfortable for a British user. (I would have stuck with that
||| programme but for an office move and its inability to integrate
||| with other systems.)
|||
||| Could Microsoft do something about that? Either allow the user to
||| rename the field labels or, better still, add something to the
||| Language Settings so that when "English (United Kingdom)" or
||| "English (Ireland)" is chosen those labels are given already.