Any tweak for ugly division of "Account" name into First & Last na sunorain 4/17/2007 9:42:02 AM When "Account" is created in BCM, which in most cases is name of a company, Outlook (or BCM?) internally divide this account name into "First" and "Last" name, so for example "Great Shoes Co., Ltd." turns into two parts - First name = "Ltd." and Second name = "Great Shoes Co." You can see this ugly division when you print your account data of if you try to sync BCM data with any mobile device supporting syncing with Outlook. In latter case you get a total mess of "Ltd"s and similar suffixes in address book of mobile device. If such handling is an internal glitch of Outlook, may be it's possible at least to tweak this division so that whole name no matter what commas, accents, etc. it contains would go to "Second name" only and never divide into two parts? May be it could be set as global preference for Outlook? (because I presume BCM is sharing some of Outlook address book behaviour)

Re: Any tweak for ugly division of "Account" name into First & Last na Peter Marchert <mpnews1[ at ]arcor.de> 4/17/2007 2:45:42 PM As far as I know you cannot disable this "feature" in Outlook. You only can say Outlook which part you typed in is the first and/or last name (see contact options in "Tools"). You can fix this problem by using the tool "EditContacts" which can merge the fields first and lastname: http://www.outlook-stuff.com/component/option,com_docman/task,doc_details/gid,3/Itemid,2/ PS: To change BCM-fields (first- and lastname are normal OL-fields) you have to hold down the CTRL-Key while clicking on the program icon, because it is a beta and no license are avaiable right now. Peter -- Infos, workshops & soft- ware for your Outlook®: www.outlook-stuff.com On 17 Apr., 11:42, sunorain <sunor...[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: [Quoted Text] > When "Account" is created in BCM, which in most cases is name of a company, > Outlook (or BCM?) internally divide this account name into "First" and "Last" > name, so for example "Great Shoes Co., Ltd." turns into two parts - First > name = "Ltd." and Second name = "Great Shoes Co." > You can see this ugly division when you print your account data of if you > try to sync BCM data with any mobile device supporting syncing with Outlook. > In latter case you get a total mess of "Ltd"s and similar suffixes in address > book of mobile device. > > If such handling is an internal glitch of Outlook, may be it's possible at > least to tweak this division so that whole name no matter what commas, > accents, etc. it contains would go to "Second name" only and never divide > into two parts? May be it could be set as global preference for Outlook? > (because I presume BCM is sharing some of Outlook address book behaviour)

Re: Any tweak for ugly division of "Account" name into First & Las sunorain 4/18/2007 11:20:02 AM Very nice program (at least idea) I noticed however that part of information is lost on attempt to merge fields. Here is what I have in preview: ----------------------------------------------------------------- Store: Business Contact Manager Folder: Accounts Contact: Global Investments LTD Field 1: First Name Field 2: Last Name ----------------------------------------------------------------- Field 1 Old: Global Field 2 Old: LTD Field 1 New: Global LTD Field 2 New: ----------------------------------------------------------------- As you can see word "Investments" is lost somewhere I also tried to use replacement function of this program for my needs, but it doesn't work at all - crashes with error 91. Also unlike other replacement utilities, it does not accept empty "Replace" field (which normally means "delete this string") "Peter Marchert" wrote: [Quoted Text] > As far as I know you cannot disable this "feature" in Outlook. You > only can say Outlook which part you typed in is the first and/or last > name (see contact options in "Tools"). > > You can fix this problem by using the tool "EditContacts" which can > merge the fields first and lastname: > > http://www.outlook-stuff.com/component/option,com_docman/task,doc_details/gid,3/Itemid,2/ > > PS: To change BCM-fields (first- and lastname are normal OL-fields) > you have to hold down the CTRL-Key while clicking on the program icon, > because it is a beta and no license are avaiable right now. > > Peter > > -- > Infos, workshops & soft- > ware for your Outlook®: > www.outlook-stuff.com > > > On 17 Apr., 11:42, sunorain <sunor...[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> > wrote: > > When "Account" is created in BCM, which in most cases is name of a company, > > Outlook (or BCM?) internally divide this account name into "First" and "Last" > > name, so for example "Great Shoes Co., Ltd." turns into two parts - First > > name = "Ltd." and Second name = "Great Shoes Co." > > You can see this ugly division when you print your account data of if you > > try to sync BCM data with any mobile device supporting syncing with Outlook. > > In latter case you get a total mess of "Ltd"s and similar suffixes in address > > book of mobile device. > > > > If such handling is an internal glitch of Outlook, may be it's possible at > > least to tweak this division so that whole name no matter what commas, > > accents, etc. it contains would go to "Second name" only and never divide > > into two parts? May be it could be set as global preference for Outlook? > > (because I presume BCM is sharing some of Outlook address book behaviour) > > >

Re: Any tweak for ugly division of "Account" name into First & Las Peter Marchert <mpnews1[ at ]arcor.de> 4/18/2007 1:18:23 PM "Investments" here is the "Middle Name". So there would be some more steps to get the desired result: - Merge "First Name", "Middle Name" - Merge "First Name, "Last Name" - Exchange "First Name", "Last Name" May be some contacts has a "Suffix" too? Please fill in the feedback form to reproduce and fix the bug with the replace function: http://www.outlook-stuff.com/component/option,com_wrapper/Itemid,45/ Peter -- Infos, workshops & soft- ware for your Outlook®: www.outlook-stuff.com On 18 Apr., 13:20, sunorain <sunor...[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: [Quoted Text] > Very nice program (at least idea) > I noticed however that part of information is lost on attempt to merge fields. > Here is what I have in preview: > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > Store: Business Contact Manager > Folder: Accounts > Contact: Global Investments LTD > Field 1: First Name > Field 2: Last Name > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > Field 1 Old: Global > Field 2 Old: LTD > > Field 1 New: Global LTD > Field 2 New: > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > > As you can see word "Investments" is lost somewhere > > I also tried to use replacement function of this program for my needs, but > it doesn't work at all - crashes with error 91. Also unlike other replacement > utilities, it does not accept empty "Replace" field (which normally means > "delete this string") > > > > "Peter Marchert" wrote: > > As far as I know you cannot disable this "feature" in Outlook. You > > only can say Outlook which part you typed in is the first and/or last > > name (see contact options in "Tools"). > > > You can fix this problem by using the tool "EditContacts" which can > > merge the fields first and lastname: > > >http://www.outlook-stuff.com/component/option,com_docman/task,doc_det... > > > PS: To change BCM-fields (first- and lastname are normal OL-fields) > > you have to hold down the CTRL-Key while clicking on the program icon, > > because it is a beta and no license are avaiable right now. > > > Peter > > > -- > > Infos, workshops & soft- > > ware for your Outlook®: > >www.outlook-stuff.com > > > On 17 Apr., 11:42, sunorain <sunor...[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> > > wrote: > > > When "Account" is created in BCM, which in most cases is name of a company, > > > Outlook (or BCM?) internally divide this account name into "First" and "Last" > > > name, so for example "Great Shoes Co., Ltd." turns into two parts - First > > > name = "Ltd." and Second name = "Great Shoes Co." > > > You can see this ugly division when you print your account data of if you > > > try to sync BCM data with any mobile device supporting syncing with Outlook. > > > In latter case you get a total mess of "Ltd"s and similar suffixes in address > > > book of mobile device. > > > > If such handling is an internal glitch of Outlook, may be it's possible at > > > least to tweak this division so that whole name no matter what commas, > > > accents, etc. it contains would go to "Second name" only and never divide > > > into two parts? May be it could be set as global preference for Outlook? > > > (because I presume BCM is sharing some of Outlook address book behaviour)- Zitierten Text ausblenden - > > - Zitierten Text anzeigen -

Re: Any tweak for ugly division of "Account" name into First & Las sunorain 4/25/2007 4:44:01 PM Well, I don't know if Outlook treats some part of name as "suffix" or not. There are totally about 1500 entries in BCM "Accounts" section and I'm afraid that I'll miss something if I view this list "manually". There's also some risk of exchanging first and last name "in the middle of the process", because some entries could be messed and error found only much-much later. "Peter Marchert" wrote: [Quoted Text] > "Investments" here is the "Middle Name". So there would be some more > steps to get the desired result: > > - Merge "First Name", "Middle Name" > - Merge "First Name, "Last Name" > - Exchange "First Name", "Last Name" > > May be some contacts has a "Suffix" too?