Database Users

how do i get contacts to show forename / surname

my contacts are displayed surname then forname. Is there a way to change this
Cheers

You can change it in Outlook and on next synchronisation they will change on your PDA as well.

many thanks!
The contact system is really not upto scratch compared to my Nokia 9210

I've found that some are forename, Surname and some are the other way round with no real logic ???

If outlook uses 'lastname, forename' and you add a contact on the MDA 'John Doe' its added as 'John doe', it should have been 'Doe, John' but it doesn't add it that way :roll:

I have a silly way of doing it, but it works
Add contact as you normally would
Copy to sim
Delete contact from phone
go to sim manager
copy contact from sim to phone
tada! John Doe!

saving a contact to phone from an SMS

morning peoples (or afternoon depending on your worldly location)
I received a text message from my mates new number. The number isn't in my contacts so I want to create one. I click on the number and it says
"this number isn't in your contacts etc etc would you like to create a new one"
so I click yes, then the list of contact appear. I click new contact, and it asks me for outlook contact or sim contact.
I don't use outlook to sync my contacts, and SIM contact doesn't give me all the information (SIM is just a name and number).
so how do I select to save the number to my phone, where I can add all the other relevant information (ringtone, phone number type etc etc)?
thanks

You should save as an Outlook contact, as Pocket Outlook is the default adress register on Windows Mobile devices.
It doesn't matter if you use Outlook on your PC or not...

perhaps but the options presented to me are the same...well..almost...firname last name number....why doesn't it give me the option to supply any other details? ?I have to save it, then go back into it to add any other information.
just annoying is all

why don't u just go to contacts, click on the profile u want to update and when they're details come up, click on menu > edit.
this should take you to a full list of details

because I'm talking about adding a new contact, not updating an existing one

[Q] problems with contacts

I cant seem to save a new contact, no matter which way i save it either by adding contacts from a new phone call or entering a new contact, when I first save it, all the previous call numbers from that contact change to the contacts name then within a few minutes it reverts back again and if i search for the new contact it has disappeared.
any help would be appreciated.
Im using the generic contact address book

Did you have the right sync groups selected? when creating a contact you can assign the contact to group. If this group is not synced this will not shown as a new contact on your phone. When the contact is not assigned to group you must select "sync all contacts". this will include also your mail-contacts from google.

Contact to calendar?

Is there an easy method for adding a calendar entry for a contact? For example, if I have a meeting with Joe Bloggs, can I tap on something on his contact record to start a calendar entry? This would save entering his name in the calendar app.
Thanks in advance.
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[Q] Exchange Sync Conact File As

I'm using MS Exchange account and after a new contact is created or names of an existing one are changed the "File As" property is changed to LastNameFirstNameMiddleName (without interval or coma). Existing contacts' File As property (set to FirstName LastName) is not respected.
I tried looking through Android's SDK to write a small program to fix this, but couldn't find a way to access the field. It looks like the SDK doesn't know about that kind of field.
The consequences are:
1. Contacts in OWA are not displayed user friendly as Paul Smith Anderson is displayed AndersonPaulSmith?!
2. Birthdays are also added as AndersonPaulSmith - Birthday
Editing contacts in Outlook/OWA leads to another problem - picture size limitation. They scale the contact's picture down to 90x90 or something like that, which on 1080p screen looks... Also changing the File As from within Outlook/OWA removes the contact's birthday from the calendar?!
Is there a workaround for these problems?