Actually, the field is of great consequence to my clients. I have had
requests to not display their email address and, like Sterling, the only
display I get is their email address...it does not include their full or
familiar name (using Outlook, 2003). I have over 300 clients...are you saying
i have to change each one of these manually???

"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

No. Outlook 2003 will fill in Display As field with both the familiar name
and the email address. You have to change it manually if you want it to be
something else. That field is of no consequence, so few find any need to
change it.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"Stirling" wrote in message
news
Thank you for responding to my post.

I'm using Outlook 2003. In the Contact form under the General Tab there
is
a field called "Display as". My version of Outlook as it was configured
on
installation automatically fills this in with the email address. In other
versions I've used there is a way to get Outlook to automatically
fill that in with the full name. That is what I want to do.

Stirling




"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

You provided no information.
Displayed where and in what version of Outlook?

--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"Stirling" wrote in message
...
I would like to have Outlook display my contacts by their name rather
than
their e-mail address. Is there a way to automatically set the full
name
as
the display name, or do I have to manually enter the display name each
time.

I agree regarding the importance. But here is a deeper mystery. Even after
modifying those display names to remove the e-mail address, after synching
with my PDA, the modified display names revert back to the e-mail address
only. I'm running Outlook 2003 at both work and home and this problem is no
longer a minor annoyance. Any suggestions?

"MH" wrote:

Actually, the field is of great consequence to my clients. I have had
requests to not display their email address and, like Sterling, the only
display I get is their email address...it does not include their full or
familiar name (using Outlook, 2003). I have over 300 clients...are you saying
i have to change each one of these manually???

"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

No. Outlook 2003 will fill in Display As field with both the familiar name
and the email address. You have to change it manually if you want it to be
something else. That field is of no consequence, so few find any need to
change it.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"Stirling" wrote in message
news
Thank you for responding to my post.

I'm using Outlook 2003. In the Contact form under the General Tab there
is
a field called "Display as". My version of Outlook as it was configured
on
installation automatically fills this in with the email address. In other
versions I've used there is a way to get Outlook to automatically
fill that in with the full name. That is what I want to do.

Stirling




"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

You provided no information.
Displayed where and in what version of Outlook?

--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"Stirling" wrote in message
...
I would like to have Outlook display my contacts by their name rather
than
their e-mail address. Is there a way to automatically set the full
name
as
the display name, or do I have to manually enter the display name each
time.

Did you think this was an Outlook issue? It isn't.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"Richard Church" wrote in message
...
I agree regarding the importance. But here is a deeper mystery. Even after
modifying those display names to remove the e-mail address, after synching
with my PDA, the modified display names revert back to the e-mail address
only. I'm running Outlook 2003 at both work and home and this problem is
no
longer a minor annoyance. Any suggestions?

"MH" wrote:

Actually, the field is of great consequence to my clients. I have had
requests to not display their email address and, like Sterling, the only
display I get is their email address...it does not include their full or
familiar name (using Outlook, 2003). I have over 300 clients...are you
saying
i have to change each one of these manually???

"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

No. Outlook 2003 will fill in Display As field with both the familiar
name
and the email address. You have to change it manually if you want it to
be
something else. That field is of no consequence, so few find any need
to
change it.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"Stirling" wrote in message
news Thank you for responding to my post.

I'm using Outlook 2003. In the Contact form under the General Tab
there
is
a field called "Display as". My version of Outlook as it was
configured
on
installation automatically fills this in with the email address. In
other
versions I've used there is a way to get Outlook to automatically
fill that in with the full name. That is what I want to do.

Stirling




"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

You provided no information.
Displayed where and in what version of Outlook?

--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"Stirling" wrote in message
...
I would like to have Outlook display my contacts by their name
rather
than
their e-mail address. Is there a way to automatically set the
full
name
as
the display name, or do I have to manually enter the display name
each
time.

This is of HUGE significance! Try using the "envelope" feature in Word and
you'll find that it uses the DISPLAY name. Thus, every time I create an
envelope to send something to someone in my contact file (and I do this
frequently), I have to DELETE THE EMAIL address or it prints on the envelop.

This started happening only after I installed an Upgrade to Office 2003. I
am, I must say, furious that this is a default that cannot be changed. And
with all due respect, It doesn't help to be to chided "this is of no
significance."

I hope that the next time I upgrade this will be fixed and that all the
things that aren't broken don't "fixed."


"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

Did you think this was an Outlook issue? It isn't.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"Richard Church" wrote in message
...
I agree regarding the importance. But here is a deeper mystery. Even after
modifying those display names to remove the e-mail address, after synching
with my PDA, the modified display names revert back to the e-mail address
only. I'm running Outlook 2003 at both work and home and this problem is
no
longer a minor annoyance. Any suggestions?

"MH" wrote:

Actually, the field is of great consequence to my clients. I have had
requests to not display their email address and, like Sterling, the only
display I get is their email address...it does not include their full or
familiar name (using Outlook, 2003). I have over 300 clients...are you
saying
i have to change each one of these manually???

"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

No. Outlook 2003 will fill in Display As field with both the familiar
name
and the email address. You have to change it manually if you want it to
be
something else. That field is of no consequence, so few find any need
to
change it.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"Stirling" wrote in message
news Thank you for responding to my post.

I'm using Outlook 2003. In the Contact form under the General Tab
there
is
a field called "Display as". My version of Outlook as it was
configured
on
installation automatically fills this in with the email address. In
other
versions I've used there is a way to get Outlook to automatically
fill that in with the full name. That is what I want to do.

Stirling




"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

You provided no information.
Displayed where and in what version of Outlook?

--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"Stirling" wrote in message
...
I would like to have Outlook display my contacts by their name
rather
than
their e-mail address. Is there a way to automatically set the
full
name
as
the display name, or do I have to manually enter the display name
each
time.

The envelope feature in Word does not use the Email Display As field, nor
have I ever seen it do so. If yours is, something is wrong with your
installation. Obviously you recognized that this is not how the envelope
feature is supposed to work, since it only happened after you made some
changes. List the exact steps that started this behavior.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"Jeanne M" wrote in message
...
This is of HUGE significance! Try using the "envelope" feature in Word and
you'll find that it uses the DISPLAY name. Thus, every time I create an
envelope to send something to someone in my contact file (and I do this
frequently), I have to DELETE THE EMAIL address or it prints on the
envelop.

This started happening only after I installed an Upgrade to Office 2003.
I
am, I must say, furious that this is a default that cannot be changed.
And
with all due respect, It doesn't help to be to chided "this is of no
significance."

I hope that the next time I upgrade this will be fixed and that all the
things that aren't broken don't "fixed."


"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

Did you think this was an Outlook issue? It isn't.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"Richard Church" wrote in
message
...
I agree regarding the importance. But here is a deeper mystery. Even
after
modifying those display names to remove the e-mail address, after
synching
with my PDA, the modified display names revert back to the e-mail
address
only. I'm running Outlook 2003 at both work and home and this problem
is
no
longer a minor annoyance. Any suggestions?

"MH" wrote:

Actually, the field is of great consequence to my clients. I have had
requests to not display their email address and, like Sterling, the
only
display I get is their email address...it does not include their full
or
familiar name (using Outlook, 2003). I have over 300 clients...are you
saying
i have to change each one of these manually???

"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

No. Outlook 2003 will fill in Display As field with both the
familiar
name
and the email address. You have to change it manually if you want it
to
be
something else. That field is of no consequence, so few find any
need
to
change it.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"Stirling" wrote in message
news Thank you for responding to my post.

I'm using Outlook 2003. In the Contact form under the General Tab
there
is
a field called "Display as". My version of Outlook as it was
configured
on
installation automatically fills this in with the email address.
In
other
versions I've used there is a way to get Outlook to automatically
fill that in with the full name. That is what I want to do.

Stirling




"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

You provided no information.
Displayed where and in what version of Outlook?

--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"Stirling" wrote in message
...
I would like to have Outlook display my contacts by their name
rather
than
their e-mail address. Is there a way to automatically set the
full
name
as
the display name, or do I have to manually enter the display
name
each
time.

Mr. Valentine: Contrary to what you claim, the envelope feature in Word MUST
have used the email Display As field; there is no other possible source for
the [name] [email address] that was inserted. I certainly have not tampered
with the envelope features, formats, etc. I have not reset anything related
to envelope or contacts. It started AFTER I installed the Outlook 2003
updates that the microsoft auto update told me to install. I did NOT do a
custom install. I did not unplug my computer or do a voodoo dance duringthe
install. I am not responsible for this error. It may be that others would
have this same problem but don't know becuase they don't print envelopes and
labels from their contact file. The exact steps that started this behavior
we

1. clicked on "update" in the alert that popped up.
2. followed all directions; did not do anything "custom"
3. rebooted
4. worked for a while
5. tried to do an evelope.
6. notice that hte email address was on the "name" line of the envelope.
7. scratched my head and tried to figure out why this would occur.
8. opened the contact file for that person
9. noticed that the Display As cell contained exactly what was on the
envelope.
10. opened other contact files and noticed that without my having done
anything but the MS recommended update, ALL of them now had a different
format for the Display As.
11. Tried to find a way to reset the default to display only the name, not
email address.
12. couldn't find any way to do this so came to this site, usually a source
of helpful advice.
13. search on "Display As" and found numerous posting on this issue.
14. Noticed that your responses are surley and rude and hoped you wouldn't
answer mine, but you did.

Please do not bother to respond.

Post ended.

"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

The envelope feature in Word does not use the Email Display As field, nor
have I ever seen it do so. If yours is, something is wrong with your
installation. Obviously you recognized that this is not how the envelope
feature is supposed to work, since it only happened after you made some
changes. List the exact steps that started this behavior.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"Jeanne M" wrote in message
...
This is of HUGE significance! Try using the "envelope" feature in Word and
you'll find that it uses the DISPLAY name. Thus, every time I create an
envelope to send something to someone in my contact file (and I do this
frequently), I have to DELETE THE EMAIL address or it prints on the
envelop.

This started happening only after I installed an Upgrade to Office 2003.
I
am, I must say, furious that this is a default that cannot be changed.
And
with all due respect, It doesn't help to be to chided "this is of no
significance."

I hope that the next time I upgrade this will be fixed and that all the
things that aren't broken don't "fixed."


"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

Did you think this was an Outlook issue? It isn't.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"Richard Church" wrote in
message
...
I agree regarding the importance. But here is a deeper mystery. Even
after
modifying those display names to remove the e-mail address, after
synching
with my PDA, the modified display names revert back to the e-mail
address
only. I'm running Outlook 2003 at both work and home and this problem
is
no
longer a minor annoyance. Any suggestions?

"MH" wrote:

Actually, the field is of great consequence to my clients. I have had
requests to not display their email address and, like Sterling, the
only
display I get is their email address...it does not include their full
or
familiar name (using Outlook, 2003). I have over 300 clients...are you
saying
i have to change each one of these manually???

"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

No. Outlook 2003 will fill in Display As field with both the
familiar
name
and the email address. You have to change it manually if you want it
to
be
something else. That field is of no consequence, so few find any
need
to
change it.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"Stirling" wrote in message
news Thank you for responding to my post.

I'm using Outlook 2003. In the Contact form under the General Tab
there
is
a field called "Display as". My version of Outlook as it was
configured
on
installation automatically fills this in with the email address.
In
other
versions I've used there is a way to get Outlook to automatically
fill that in with the full name. That is what I want to do.

Stirling




"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

You provided no information.
Displayed where and in what version of Outlook?

--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"Stirling" wrote in message
...
I would like to have Outlook display my contacts by their name
rather
than
their e-mail address. Is there a way to automatically set the
full
name
as
the display name, or do I have to manually enter the display
name
each
time.

Sorry I missed your response before now. My apologies.

If this is not an Outlook issue, what is it? Your response didn't provide
any direction. If you know what program is causing this problem, I would
appreciate some guidance instead of simply a statement. My personal opinion
is that is in indeed an Outlook problem, as I do not use, file, nor access
contacts from any other program.

"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

Did you think this was an Outlook issue? It isn't.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"Richard Church" wrote in message
...
I agree regarding the importance. But here is a deeper mystery. Even after
modifying those display names to remove the e-mail address, after synching
with my PDA, the modified display names revert back to the e-mail address
only. I'm running Outlook 2003 at both work and home and this problem is
no
longer a minor annoyance. Any suggestions?

"MH" wrote:

Actually, the field is of great consequence to my clients. I have had
requests to not display their email address and, like Sterling, the only
display I get is their email address...it does not include their full or
familiar name (using Outlook, 2003). I have over 300 clients...are you
saying
i have to change each one of these manually???

"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

No. Outlook 2003 will fill in Display As field with both the familiar
name
and the email address. You have to change it manually if you want it to
be
something else. That field is of no consequence, so few find any need
to
change it.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"Stirling" wrote in message
news Thank you for responding to my post.

I'm using Outlook 2003. In the Contact form under the General Tab
there
is
a field called "Display as". My version of Outlook as it was
configured
on
installation automatically fills this in with the email address. In
other
versions I've used there is a way to get Outlook to automatically
fill that in with the full name. That is what I want to do.

Stirling




"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

You provided no information.
Displayed where and in what version of Outlook?

--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"Stirling" wrote in message
...
I would like to have Outlook display my contacts by their name
rather
than
their e-mail address. Is there a way to automatically set the
full
name
as
the display name, or do I have to manually enter the display name
each
time.

You said that synching with your PDA changed your Email Display As fields.
It shouldn't do that. Outlook can't fix that. Only the developers of your
synch software can.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"Richard Church" wrote in message
...
Sorry I missed your response before now. My apologies.

If this is not an Outlook issue, what is it? Your response didn't provide
any direction. If you know what program is causing this problem, I would
appreciate some guidance instead of simply a statement. My personal
opinion
is that is in indeed an Outlook problem, as I do not use, file, nor access
contacts from any other program.

"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

Did you think this was an Outlook issue? It isn't.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"Richard Church" wrote in
message
...
I agree regarding the importance. But here is a deeper mystery. Even
after
modifying those display names to remove the e-mail address, after
synching
with my PDA, the modified display names revert back to the e-mail
address
only. I'm running Outlook 2003 at both work and home and this problem
is
no
longer a minor annoyance. Any suggestions?

"MH" wrote:

Actually, the field is of great consequence to my clients. I have had
requests to not display their email address and, like Sterling, the
only
display I get is their email address...it does not include their full
or
familiar name (using Outlook, 2003). I have over 300 clients...are you
saying
i have to change each one of these manually???

"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

No. Outlook 2003 will fill in Display As field with both the
familiar
name
and the email address. You have to change it manually if you want it
to
be
something else. That field is of no consequence, so few find any
need
to
change it.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"Stirling" wrote in message
news Thank you for responding to my post.

I'm using Outlook 2003. In the Contact form under the General Tab
there
is
a field called "Display as". My version of Outlook as it was
configured
on
installation automatically fills this in with the email address.
In
other
versions I've used there is a way to get Outlook to automatically
fill that in with the full name. That is what I want to do.

Stirling




"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

You provided no information.
Displayed where and in what version of Outlook?

--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"Stirling" wrote in message
...
I would like to have Outlook display my contacts by their name
rather
than
their e-mail address. Is there a way to automatically set the
full
name
as
the display name, or do I have to manually enter the display
name
each
time.

That would also be Microsoft (ActiveSync). Thanks for your help. I'll be
looking into ActiveSync groups to see if anyone there has the same problem
(or even better, a solution).

"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

You said that synching with your PDA changed your Email Display As fields.
It shouldn't do that. Outlook can't fix that. Only the developers of your
synch software can.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"Richard Church" wrote in message
...
Sorry I missed your response before now. My apologies.

If this is not an Outlook issue, what is it? Your response didn't provide
any direction. If you know what program is causing this problem, I would
appreciate some guidance instead of simply a statement. My personal
opinion
is that is in indeed an Outlook problem, as I do not use, file, nor access
contacts from any other program.

"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

Did you think this was an Outlook issue? It isn't.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"Richard Church" wrote in
message
...
I agree regarding the importance. But here is a deeper mystery. Even
after
modifying those display names to remove the e-mail address, after
synching
with my PDA, the modified display names revert back to the e-mail
address
only. I'm running Outlook 2003 at both work and home and this problem
is
no
longer a minor annoyance. Any suggestions?

"MH" wrote:

Actually, the field is of great consequence to my clients. I have had
requests to not display their email address and, like Sterling, the
only
display I get is their email address...it does not include their full
or
familiar name (using Outlook, 2003). I have over 300 clients...are you
saying
i have to change each one of these manually???

"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

No. Outlook 2003 will fill in Display As field with both the
familiar
name
and the email address. You have to change it manually if you want it
to
be
something else. That field is of no consequence, so few find any
need
to
change it.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"Stirling" wrote in message
news Thank you for responding to my post.

I'm using Outlook 2003. In the Contact form under the General Tab
there
is
a field called "Display as". My version of Outlook as it was
configured
on
installation automatically fills this in with the email address.
In
other
versions I've used there is a way to get Outlook to automatically
fill that in with the full name. That is what I want to do.

Stirling




"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

You provided no information.
Displayed where and in what version of Outlook?

--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"Stirling" wrote in message
...
I would like to have Outlook display my contacts by their name
rather
than
their e-mail address. Is there a way to automatically set the
full
name
as
the display name, or do I have to manually enter the display
name
each
time.