Hi Russ,

Thanks for your response....

I presume that your reference to Contact Folder view is the form which
appears when I click New Contact.... if I then enter a new Contact from
scratch, the "Full Name" appears correctly after entry. In addition, if I
open the Contact Form/Folder(?) of any of the "Smith John" records and
re-enter the Full Name as "John Smith" over the top of "Smith John", it
changes to the correct sequence, and stays that way. The "File As" entry
remains at "Smith, John" (the format I have selected) regardless of whether
the Full Name shows as "Smith John" or "John Smith".

It seems that the Full Names of all of my pre-existing records/contacts,
which had the correct sequence previously, have changed to "Last First"
format without warning.

Thanks & Regards,
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AusRob


"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

Clarify the views to which you are referring: Contact Folder or Address
Book? If you create a new Contact from scratch and parse the name elements
yourself correctly, what do you see in a Contact Folder view?
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Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"AusRob" wrote in message
...
Hi Everyone,

In the Contacts database of Outlook 2003, within the Contact Form, the
Full
Name is listed in reverse, e.g. Smith John. This reversed format also
shows
in other views, where the Full Name is listed in the column of a table
layout.

If I select "Full Name..." on the Contact Form for any record, it
indicates
that First name is "John", and Last name is "Smith", i.e. the first and
last
names are given correctly, however they do not appear in the correct order
when listed together as "Full Name".

Looking at ToolsEmail AccountsView or Change....Outlook Address
BookChange....Show Names by...., "First Last" is checked.

Looking at ToolsOptionsPreferencesContact Options... Default "Full
Name"
order is "First (Middle) Last". Default "File As" order is "Last,
First".

Can anyone provide any clues as to how I can get the Full Name to list
correctly? i.e. "John Smith" instead of "Smith John".

I will appreciate any assistance, Thanks...
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AusRob