why does the 'full name' sometime first-last and other last-first

some of my contacts list the fullname as John Doe and others as Doe John. In
every case, I have compared the detailed edit entries for the full name and
John is the First Name while Doe is the Last Name. I always file as Doe,
John.

Two reasons that could occur

#1 - The default for FullName order was different when the contacts were
created

#2 - The actual details are not in the correct fields - i.e. one contact
correctly has the First name in the FirstName field and last name in the
LastName portion of the FullName whereas the other has the complete name in
either the FirstName or LastName fields something that can occur when the
details are not entered into the specific FullName components - in other
words, the contacts name is entered into FullName field and Outlook has to
parse it instead of clicking on the FullName button and entering the
inidividual details in the specific fields that comprise the full name

Karl
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Karl Timmermans - The Claxton Group
ContactGenie - QuickPort/DataPort/Exporter/Toolkit/Duplicate Contact Mgr
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"RichG" wrote in message
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some of my contacts list the fullname as John Doe and others as Doe John.
In
every case, I have compared the detailed edit entries for the full name
and
John is the First Name while Doe is the Last Name. I always file as Doe,
John.

You would do well to clarify in which view Contacts are not appearing the
way you think they should and what sort settings you specified for that
view.
--
Russ Valentine

"RichG" wrote in message
...
some of my contacts list the fullname as John Doe and others as Doe John.
In
every case, I have compared the detailed edit entries for the full name
and
John is the First Name while Doe is the Last Name. I always file as Doe,
John.