Please tell me how I can arrange all contacts consistently on my O2 XDA ll; for some reason new contacts appear either with the surname first or sometimes with the Christian name first.
Thanks!
A possible workaround:
I correct them in Outlook. Haven't found a way to do it right with the XDA.
Regards,
Mark
(On XDA itself) Where you input the name of the person within Contacts, type in their full name and then tap the arrow next to this field.
You will see that the second part of the name has been placed into the surname field. If you cut this back up to the first name field and behind the first name, the first name will now appear first within contacts.
Hope this helps
I used to modify my Contacts "File As" field (First Name First) from my outlook in my Pc.. So,
Is there any program that let me change the "File As" filed from the pocket pc itself
thanks in advance
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http://discussion.brighthand.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=79834
V
Dear Vijay,
Can we file two mobile nos for a single contact? assume that all other fields viz home1.2, Work1.2 etc are already occupied
hdubli - if all available number fields are full, then not easily. If you need that many telephone numbers, you could write a custom plugin or app that would store a string of telephone numbers in a text string with a seperator, eg:
+44 7870 XXX | +359 12345 | +69 546
etc. Then, save that text string in a relatively unused number or text field (eg Home Fax?) in Pocket Outlook, and have your custom plugin present an interface to choose which number from the string to dial/select, eg dial second number in the list. Your app would then parse out the second number from the list.
That would work and be relatively operating system consistent. But, it would have to be a custom written app.
V
Thanks for the reply,
Is it possible that I store the Phone nos with the sepertors as informed above and dial from contacts? You know any app else can u make such app...I am not good in coding as u are..
hdubli - I've never seen an app that can do it, and a custom plugin would have to be written to dial from contacts in this way.
I could possibly write it, but it would take time I don't have right now - do you really have that many phone numbers to store per contact?
If you've hit the limit (9 phone numbers per contact I think), try saving the contact twice, eg
Vijay (1) with 9 contact numbers
Vijay (2) with another 9 contact numbers = 18
It's not perfect, but it's easier for me :wink:
V
That's right...Just tell me can we add a custom field in the Outlook so that when we sync it adds that field in our device...
So this important 'FileAs' omission has been a problem for about 2.5 years, yet MS still haven't had the time to fix it? I am impressed
Yup, fileas is a pain in the ass, as with many of the problems with Windows Mobile and Smartphone: however, I guess we basically have to live with the problems. I lose count of how many bugs have never been fixed.
Oh, hdubli sorry for the slow response. As far as I know, we can't add custom Pocket Outlook fields.
V
It's so a shame that more 4 years have passed and there's no solution for this yet that I had to ressurrect this old, old thread.
Now in WM 6.1 there's still no default setting for 'File as' contacts. Plus I also have to complain about how WM phones display area codes.
It annoys me a lot because all these default settings seem to be made for U.S., but in most other places we choose to remember the first name and not the family name of our friends, and also 3-digit area codes don't apply.
This will fix them all at once... found it floating around
finally
works great!! (may need restart)
install
programs >> contact fix
set it as you like
done
BIG thanks (searched for a way to resolve this problem, weeks)
www.emil-studio.com
elerouxx said:
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It annoys me a lot because all these default settings seem to be made for U.S., but in most other places we choose to remember the first name and not the family name of our friends, and also 3-digit area codes don't apply.
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The |last name, first name| filing was probably used for business purposes. You would have many contacts that are not necessarily your friends and you would look them up by last name.
Would be nice to change it...
Is there a way to sort the contact with first name first and not last name?
HTC Snap
Yes there is in option in settings to sort by first name then last name. Im pretty sure there is a program to change more than once, but its name escapes me.
The program in question is Shubaroo Contact Changer.
Hey guys,
I was wondering if anyone know a way to change the contact list from "by last name" to "by first name".
I'm an idiot with my friend's last name so its easier to search for contacts by 1st name.
If you know how to change the setting or if theres an app for it, please let me know... THANKS!!!
Probably not much use to you but I always store my contacts with their full name in the 'last name' field and leave the 'first name' field blank. Then they're displayed by their first name but of course it's coming from the 'last name' field.
Obviously going back and changing all your contacts to this format would probably be a PITA.
Maybe this post will help you: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=555115
From Touch Flo
From Touch Flo:
Go to people tab
tap all people
tap a contact
tap edit contact
scroll to bottom
Tap more
The 6th field down will be File as change it to how you want them to show up
From WM6.5 contacts:
tap start
tap contacts
tap a contact
select edit from the menu
The 6th field down will be File as change it to how you want them to show up
pksm2k said:
Hey guys,
I was wondering if anyone know a way to change the contact list from "by last name" to "by first name".
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You could try this:
http://www.shubaroo.com/index.php?module=contact
It works for me.
It will modify "File as" for all the people in your contact list.
outlook
also in outlook. When editing a contact, you can change there to be shown by first/last name
Hi all,
Is there a way to display the company name (from the field in the address book) during an incomming call, along with the first and last name of the caller ?
There is an app called 'Call Informer' for Android which can display contact information when the phone rings, I'm looking for a way to do the same on Windows Phone devices !
Thanks in advance.
I think OS is too 'locked down' to allow in WP. Nice feature if it was possible!
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I have saved many names like this: First Lastname (Company). Workaround I know but gets the job done.
Loco5150 said:
I have saved many names like this: First Lastname (Company). Workaround I know but gets the job done.
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And you could that quite easily by exporting your contacts in a csv file, then in excel just add a column to the left of LastName and add some funtion like =A1&" ("&F1&")", where A is the column with all the lastname and F is hypothetically the column with all the companies names.
Then you could expand the function with some IFs to check if the cell under Company is empty or not.
Then Copy and Paste over the new column al the values, Paste as Values (V), delete the old LastName column, save as a csv, import again in your account, et voila.
(remember to delete all the contacts before importing this new csv file)