How can I get Contacts into a sort order starting with "First name" ? (Win Mob Pro 6)
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From: ship on 24 Apr 2008 23:36 Brilliant - Thanks If only Microsoft were as brilliant... [deep sigh] Ship On Apr 24, 6:35 pm, "Raj Pillai" <YouMeAndTheM...(a)Softhome.net> wrote: > HiShiperton, > > You might want to take a look athttp://www.pocketpcfaq.com/raj/FileAs.html > to sort all your Contacts in Outlook based on First Name. > > -- > Regards, > Raj Pillai > Microsoft MVP - Mobile Deviceshttp://www.pocketpcfaq.com/raj > > "ship" <ship...(a)gmail.com> wrote in message > > news:9ce3db52-132b-4f15-ad96-2fc663e0f9a1(a)26g2000hsk.googlegroups.com... > > > > > O/S: Windows Mobile Pro 6 > > Hardware: Vodaphone v1615 (= HTC TyTN II) > > PC: Windows XP Pro (SP2), Office 2003 > > > Hi > > > I have just bought a new mobile phone (details above) > > > Is there any way to get the contacts to show first name first? > > (it only has the options of "View by Name or view by Company" > > and "Name" turns out to mean the "Save as" field in Outlook2003 on my > > PC . > > > I am stunned by how basic the Contacts manager on my phone is. > > > Failing the above, is there any way to update all my conacts on my PC > > so that their "Save As" values start with First name? (At present, > > about half do and > > about half do not - this makes it impossible to know whether to look > > up a contact > > by last name or by first name!) > > > Failing all the above - can anyone recommend any vastly superior > > contacts > > and calender software for a Windows Mobile Pro 6 device that is able > > to > > reliably synch with my Outlook on my PC? > > > Ship > >ShipertonHenethe- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text -
From: Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook] on 27 Apr 2008 13:48
They are as brilliant - you just did not look in the right place. -- Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook] Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. All unsolicited mail sent to my personal account will be deleted without reading. After furious head scratching, ship asked: | Brilliant - Thanks | If only Microsoft were as brilliant... [deep sigh] | | | Ship | | | | | On Apr 24, 6:35 pm, "Raj Pillai" <YouMeAndTheM...(a)Softhome.net> wrote: || HiShiperton, || || You might want to take a look || athttp://www.pocketpcfaq.com/raj/FileAs.html to sort all your || Contacts in Outlook based on First Name. || || -- || Regards, || Raj Pillai || Microsoft MVP - Mobile Deviceshttp://www.pocketpcfaq.com/raj || || "ship" <ship...(a)gmail.com> wrote in message || || news:9ce3db52-132b-4f15-ad96-2fc663e0f9a1(a)26g2000hsk.googlegroups.com... || || || ||| O/S: Windows Mobile Pro 6 ||| Hardware: Vodaphone v1615 (= HTC TyTN II) ||| PC: Windows XP Pro (SP2), Office 2003 || ||| Hi || ||| I have just bought a new mobile phone (details above) || ||| Is there any way to get the contacts to show first name first? ||| (it only has the options of "View by Name or view by Company" ||| and "Name" turns out to mean the "Save as" field in Outlook2003 on ||| my PC . || ||| I am stunned by how basic the Contacts manager on my phone is. || ||| Failing the above, is there any way to update all my conacts on my ||| PC so that their "Save As" values start with First name? (At ||| present, about half do and ||| about half do not - this makes it impossible to know whether to look ||| up a contact ||| by last name or by first name!) || ||| Failing all the above - can anyone recommend any vastly superior ||| contacts ||| and calender software for a Windows Mobile Pro 6 device that is able ||| to ||| reliably synch with my Outlook on my PC? || ||| Ship ||| ShipertonHenethe- Hide quoted text - || || - Show quoted text - |