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prevent OL2003 to use a semi-colon as separator in fields?
Hello,
In my contacts I want to add the children's names in the field "children". I want to separate the names with a colon (",") but everytime I leave the field, Outlook changes the colon to a semi-colon (";"). How can I prevent this? Any help is appreciated! tia, bart -- ========================================== Hyper A.R.T. bart plessers Paul Van Ostaijenlaan 4 3001 Heverlee BELGIUM tel: +32 (16) 23.40.85 fax: +32 (16) 23.41.06 ========================================== |
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prevent OL2003 to use a semi-colon as separator in fields?
You can't. The Colon is used as a designator for something else so Outlook
uses the semi-colon. -- Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook] Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. Due to the (insert latest virus name here) virus, all mail sent to my personal account will be deleted without reading. After searching google.groups.com and finding no answer, bart plessers asked: | Hello, | | In my contacts I want to add the children's names in the field | "children". I want to separate the names with a colon (",") but | everytime I leave the field, Outlook changes the colon to a | semi-colon (";"). | How can I prevent this? | | Any help is appreciated! | tia, | bart |
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prevent OL2003 to use a semi-colon as separator in fields?
So what do you suggest?
I want to merge my contacts to Word. The selected contacts have to be printed on enveloppes (my girlfriend is pregnant, and the baby is comming one of these days...) On the print, I want to have something like: Mr Bob Harley John, Mark and Emily Bigstreet 45 1234 City BELGIUM Where "John, Mark and Emily" are the kids of Bob. They should be separated by colon. Can this be done with Outlook? How? It seems that Outlook automatically changes order of display and replaces semi-colon by colon if I type in the children's name in the predefined field in outlook...) thanx in advance! (as I mentioned before, the sooner I have a solution, the better: my girlfriend is getting nervous....) regards, bart -- HyperART Paul Van Ostaijenlaan 4 3001 Heverlee "Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]" wrote in message ... You can't. The Colon is used as a designator for something else so Outlook uses the semi-colon. -- Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook] Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. Due to the (insert latest virus name here) virus, all mail sent to my personal account will be deleted without reading. After searching google.groups.com and finding no answer, bart plessers asked: | Hello, | | In my contacts I want to add the children's names in the field | "children". I want to separate the names with a colon (",") but | everytime I leave the field, Outlook changes the colon to a | semi-colon (";"). | How can I prevent this? | | Any help is appreciated! | tia, | bart |
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prevent OL2003 to use a semi-colon as separator in fields?
A colon ':', or a comma ','? Both work. Outlook reverts the use a
semi-colon ';' to a comma ','. At least it did for me. Outlook XP, sp2. Cheers, V "Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]" wrote in message ... You can't. The Colon is used as a designator for something else so Outlook uses the semi-colon. -- Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook] Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. Due to the (insert latest virus name here) virus, all mail sent to my personal account will be deleted without reading. After searching google.groups.com and finding no answer, bart plessers asked: | Hello, | | In my contacts I want to add the children's names in the field | "children". I want to separate the names with a colon (",") but | everytime I leave the field, Outlook changes the colon to a | semi-colon (";"). | How can I prevent this? | | Any help is appreciated! | tia, | bart |
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prevent OL2003 to use a semi-colon as separator in fields?
so OLXP has different behavior than OL2003?
Is this WAD or BUG? Is it hard-coded? regards, bart -- ========================================== Hyper A.R.T. bart plessers Paul Van Ostaijenlaan 4 3001 Heverlee BELGIUM tel: +32 (16) 23.40.85 fax: +32 (16) 23.41.06 ========================================== "Rob" wrote in message om... A colon ':', or a comma ','? Both work. Outlook reverts the use a semi-colon ';' to a comma ','. At least it did for me. Outlook XP, sp2. Cheers, V "Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]" wrote in message ... You can't. The Colon is used as a designator for something else so Outlook uses the semi-colon. -- Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook] Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. Due to the (insert latest virus name here) virus, all mail sent to my personal account will be deleted without reading. After searching google.groups.com and finding no answer, bart plessers asked: | Hello, | | In my contacts I want to add the children's names in the field | "children". I want to separate the names with a colon (",") but | everytime I leave the field, Outlook changes the colon to a | semi-colon (";"). | How can I prevent this? | | Any help is appreciated! | tia, | bart |
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prevent OL2003 to use a semi-colon as separator in fields?
bart plessers wrote:
In my contacts I want to add the children's names in the field "children". I want to separate the names with a colon (",") That's a comma, not a colon. but everytime I leave the field, Outlook changes the colon to a semi-colon (";"). Doesn't for me. I opened my own Contact item, selected the "All Fields tab, and chose "Name fields" or "Personal fields" in the "Select from" drop-down. My children are listed there in the "Children" field, in alphabetical order, with commas separating the names. -- Brian Tillman |
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prevent OL2003 to use a semi-colon as separator in fields?
very strange.
Attached you will find a printscreen of behaviour of my outlook. Wich version are you running? OLXP or OL2003? Service Packs? Platform? thanx answer, regards, bart -- ========================================== Hyper A.R.T. bart plessers Paul Van Ostaijenlaan 4 3001 Heverlee BELGIUM tel: +32 (16) 23.40.85 fax: +32 (16) 23.41.06 ========================================== "Brian Tillman" wrote in message ... bart plessers wrote: In my contacts I want to add the children's names in the field "children". I want to separate the names with a colon (",") That's a comma, not a colon. but everytime I leave the field, Outlook changes the colon to a semi-colon (";"). Doesn't for me. I opened my own Contact item, selected the "All Fields tab, and chose "Name fields" or "Personal fields" in the "Select from" drop-down. My children are listed there in the "Children" field, in alphabetical order, with commas separating the names. -- Brian Tillman |
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prevent OL2003 to use a semi-colon as separator in fields?
Forgot to mention,
What are your "Internatiol Settings" in Control Panel of Windows? Are you aware of any other settings that can influence this weird behavior? regards, bart -- ========================================== Hyper A.R.T. bart plessers Paul Van Ostaijenlaan 4 3001 Heverlee BELGIUM tel: +32 (16) 23.40.85 fax: +32 (16) 23.41.06 ========================================== "bart plessers" wrote in message ... very strange. Attached you will find a printscreen of behaviour of my outlook. Wich version are you running? OLXP or OL2003? Service Packs? Platform? thanx answer, regards, bart -- ========================================== Hyper A.R.T. bart plessers Paul Van Ostaijenlaan 4 3001 Heverlee BELGIUM tel: +32 (16) 23.40.85 fax: +32 (16) 23.41.06 ========================================== "Brian Tillman" wrote in message ... bart plessers wrote: In my contacts I want to add the children's names in the field "children". I want to separate the names with a colon (",") That's a comma, not a colon. but everytime I leave the field, Outlook changes the colon to a semi-colon (";"). Doesn't for me. I opened my own Contact item, selected the "All Fields tab, and chose "Name fields" or "Personal fields" in the "Select from" drop-down. My children are listed there in the "Children" field, in alphabetical order, with commas separating the names. -- Brian Tillman |
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prevent OL2003 to use a semi-colon as separator in fields?
bart plessers wrote:
Attached you will find a printscreen of behaviour of my outlook. You are using a non-English version of Outlook, and it wouldn't surprise me if it is some International setting somewhere. If it were happening to me, I'd look in Control PanelDate, Time, Language, and Regional OptionsRegional and Language OptionsCustomize and check the "List separator" setting. I know that a "German" setting uses a semi-colon as a list separator. -- Brian Tillman |
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prevent OL2003 to use a semi-colon as separator in fields?
correct.
I am using an english version, but with "belgium" regional settings. Changed the list separator to ',' and the conversion from ";" to "," is skipped. Still have another problem: if I enter Nana, Fatou, Izra en Uma, I get Fatou, Izra en Uma, Nana So the first name is move to the last place. is there a solution for this? tia bart -- ========================================== Hyper A.R.T. bart plessers Paul Van Ostaijenlaan 4 3001 Heverlee BELGIUM tel: +32 (16) 23.40.85 fax: +32 (16) 23.41.06 ========================================== "Brian Tillman" wrote in message ... bart plessers wrote: Attached you will find a printscreen of behaviour of my outlook. You are using a non-English version of Outlook, and it wouldn't surprise me if it is some International setting somewhere. If it were happening to me, I'd look in Control PanelDate, Time, Language, and Regional OptionsRegional and Language OptionsCustomize and check the "List separator" setting. I know that a "German" setting uses a semi-colon as a list separator. -- Brian Tillman |
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