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Any way to sort contacts by first name?

I've got myself a new Vario, but I can't seem to get the contacts to sort by first name - is there any way to do this?
Sorry if this is a dumb question! I've been mucking about with it for ages!
Many thanks

Zakkz,
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Here's a couple of links on your question.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/vie...0&postdays=0&postorder=asc&highlight=contacts
http://forum.xda-developers.com/vie...0&postdays=0&postorder=asc&highlight=contacts
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yes it is possible,
even different ways to get this:
you can use a little freeware application 'File As First Last" that will be included in the default contacts applications. It allows you to save the contact by "firstname lastname" 'or even by company etc. The application can be found on pocketpcfreewares.com: http://www.pocketpcfreewares.com/en/index.php?soft=828
you could also change the contact settings on your desktop...within the Outlook contact, you can change the setting 'save contact as', there you can chose to use "firstname lastname"
yet another way to solve this problem is to use another application for your contacts. Pocket Informant is really very good! there you can easily chose to sort the contacts by "firstname lastname"...you can also chose to see the contact pictures in the list of contacts, which is really great I think!
and you've got many many other options and settings to change the calendar/contacts/tasks views...also a really great search function within Pocket Informant...try it for yourself...
CIAO!
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Contacts Question

On outlook it is possible to fill out someones details but save the file as the company name. This is helpful if it is a company you deal with but to have the contact in the comapny's name.
Can this be done on the trinity itself? If I fill out someones contact then it seems to always file it as the persons name on the PDA.
I know you can show all the contacts by company, but I mean to have it as the default.

I import my contacts into outlook substituting "contact" with "company", but still have problem with outlook and trin splitting the name (LTD, CompanyName) Really annoying! Like you, I'd love to find an answer.

Why don´t use Company name in the "Family Name" field?
This would apply to every contact, so you should use something else for people's names.... like writing all the names (first, last.....) in a single Row, line "Name" itself.
It's a matter of discipline and knowing where to look for your contact's data.....
I see more inconvenients than advantages to all that, but if this is a must for you.....

Contacts ordered by First Name and not by Last name

Hello,
When I open the contacts app, all the contacts name is ordered by "Last Name, First Name".
Is there a way to modify that?? By registry? Or a tweak app??
Back when I had my Prophet with WM5 I think there was a way to modify that, probably by registry , because after that I never needed to change anything or use the old Outlook trick.

onesolo, check out this thread dedicated to your question.

'Firstname Lastname' instead of 'Lastname, Firstname'

Has anyone found out how to change the address book listing so that it displays 'Firstname Lastname'? I'd be happy to be proved wrong/stupid but I can't find the setting anywhere nor is it mentioned in the manual.

I couldn't find a way of doing it on the phone, but its easy to change in Outlook contacts and resync.
In fact Outlook lets you sort by any number of variations including user defined views. I have all my clan sorted by Clanname, Firstname, Surname, and eveyone else sorted by Firstname, Surname.

when edit contact, scroll to the bottom for the "other" option, and you should be able to find it somewhere there.
or you can find a freeware called "contactfix" , just google it~

Do it from the contacts app rather than the phone app. Scroll down the options...

I used contactfix. worked well, though I had to run it again when i added more contacts.

I had the same problem but found this little app to solve it.

There is an easier way where as stated before on here
edit contact and go to the bottom and click on more
you'll see the old winmo contacts editor and you can change the way its displayed in the
File as: field

that contactfix does not work for me - I sync with google and then all the contacts are back to last name first name.

blackeby said:
I had the same problem but found this little app to solve it.
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This worked for me. Thanks

Link facebook profile picture to more than one contact?

In my Contacts, if someone has more than one phone number, I store the separately because I find it easier to find and dial a specific number.
example:
John Doe (Mobile)
John Doe (Work)
John Doe (Home)
But I seem to only be able link John Doe's facebook profile to one of the numbers to use the 'contact picture'. When I try and link the same person's facebook profile to the other numbers, his/her name doesn't appear in the list to choose from anymore.
Does anyone know whether it's possible to link the same facebook profile more than once so that all three of the numbers show the contact's facebook profile pic?

To be honest, I don't think it's possible.
- and to be even more honest, I think you might be the only person on the planet thinking dividing people into more contacts than one combined is the easiest.
I just don't think HTC thought anyone would find it more logical that way...!?

FB contact pictures should be stored in Windows\FBContacts folder, try assigning those to your contacts manually

Lamsebamsen said:
... and to be even more honest, I think you might be the only person on the planet thinking dividing people into more contacts than one combined is the easiest.
I just don't think HTC thought anyone would find it more logical that way...!?
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hahaha.. i find it easier to find and dial someone's number like that... that is, one-press instead of two when someone has more than one number... may just be that i'm used to it that way..
Really, my contacts were only stored that way because the original list was exported from a whole range of different phones... some that didnt have the capability to store more than one number for a contact. There's hundreds of numbers that I really don't want to sort out individually... and of course I might end up going back to a basic phone in future.
oh wellz...

p107r0 said:
FB contact pictures should be stored in Windows\FBContacts folder, try assigning those to your contacts manually
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thanks p107r0.. i gave that a shot, but when selecting the profile picture, there's no option to go into the Windows\FBContacts folder to get the picture...
I'm guessing if there was a way to acess that folder to select a file, it might work well because the pics in that folder would get updated accordingly (but the file name would remain the same) whenever someone changes their profile pic.
Can always copy that entire folder into an "Album", but it won't update itself if someone changed their profile pic.

my advise is to sync your contacts with gmail. gmail provides you with easy way off finding duplicates and also merging contacts. you'd be amazed how easy it is.