Thanks, Lin. I'll check it out! :) tj -----Original Message----- From: Linda F. Johnson [mailto:linda@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]=20 Sent: Thursday, September 19, 2002 11:32 AM To: mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [mso] Re: Changing Contacts to Last, First Not as far as I know, tj...but there is a little program I found called Outlook Updater, that seems to do this...it says this: Copying and concatenating from field to field To clean up and standardize Contact name formats, set the FileAs field to {LastName}, {FirstName} for all contacts=20 And there's a free 14-day trial version which might let you do it once anyway....here's the link: http://www.teamscope.com/outlook_updater.htm Good luck...let us know if this does it Linda Publisher ~ ABC ~ All 'Bout Computers Owner ~ Linda's Computer Stop http://personal-computer-tutor.com FREE MS Office eBook Tutorial http://personal-computer-tutor.com/library.htm =20 -----Original Message----- From: mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Higley, T.J. Sent: Thursday, September 19, 2002 12:14 PM To: mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [mso] Changing Contacts to Last, First I know how to change the default setting so that new contacts are created using Last, First. But what about existing contacts? Is there a way to change them easily? Or do I have to open each individual contact and retype? tj TJ Higley ************************************************************* You are receiving this mail because you subscribed to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx or MicrosoftOffice@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To send mail to the group, simply address it to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To Unsubscribe from this group, send an email to=20 mso-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?Subject=3Dunsubscribe Or, visit the group's homepage and use the dropdown menu. This will also allow you to change your email settings to digest or vacation (no mail). //www.freelists.org/webpage/mso To be able to use the files section for sharing files with the group, send a request to mso-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx and you will be sent an invitation with instructions. Once you are a member of the files group, you can go here to upload/download files: http://www.smartgroups.com/vault/msofiles ************************************************************* ************************************************************* You are receiving this mail because you subscribed to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx or MicrosoftOffice@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To send mail to the group, simply address it to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To Unsubscribe from this group, send an email to mso-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?Subject=unsubscribe Or, visit the group's homepage and use the dropdown menu. This will also allow you to change your email settings to digest or vacation (no mail). //www.freelists.org/webpage/mso To be able to use the files section for sharing files with the group, send a request to mso-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx and you will be sent an invitation with instructions. Once you are a member of the files group, you can go here to upload/download files: http://www.smartgroups.com/vault/msofiles *************************************************************