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
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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
hi
I want to add a number from Call History to one of my existing contacts (i.e, add to home telephone of an existing contact)
However, when hold and tap number in Call History, it open a new contact instead of letting us choose an existing contact
Any program that can let us do that
My device is O2 XDA IIi
Thanks
Tuan
There isn't any way around this, though maybe there will be in WM2005 or through a third party program.
It's something that annoys me, too. The way round it is to get it up as a New contact, then copy the number and cancel saving the contact, go to the correct contact and add it that way.
Bit long winded, but other than writing it down by hand or remembering it I don't think there's any other way.
Cheers
Ant
Hey Guys..
Simple trick....
Tap and hold the number in the call history
Then select option "Send Text Message"
Then copy/cut that Number and paste in the contacts
Then cancel the message
I hope, this sounds OK
If I create a new contact (or if I modify the name) it will by default sort the contact by its last name and not it's first name.
There is a field "File As" to change that. But the default value is always "name, Firstname".
Is there a way to change that? (in the registry)
As all my contact are sorted by firstname it's really anoying to change this everytime I create a new one>
Even when I modify an existing one it change the "file as" field to store it by name
In the same category of problems :
for every new task/appointement/ ... the default reminder time is 8am. Can we change that somewhere? in the registry?
thanks
Vincent
http://www.shubaroo.com/index.php?module=contact
Here´s a small cab to sort that out
Guys I have looked online and on my menus of my pro and cant find were I can change the names around from First/last instead of last/first.
tia
I dont have the same phone but I know on WM6 smartphone when your editing or entering the contact information scroll way down under work phone 100 or something () theres a display as or something field with last , first and you can scroll through the options.
You are looking for the setting "File as". It would be easier if you do that in Outlook (assuming that you sync your contacts with Outlook)
I use a server so I am syncing all the time. The problem is that you cannot set first/last for all contacts you have to do it individualy. On my blackberry I could set it on the phone so I didnt have to change each one.
10332007 said:
I dont have the same phone but I know on WM6 smartphone when your editing or entering the contact information scroll way down under work phone 100 or something () theres a display as or something field with last , first and you can scroll through the options.
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This does not exist in my Pro....
thanks for trying
GlobalM3 said:
This does not exist in my Pro....
thanks for trying
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Yeah, it's the sixth field down ("File As...") when editing an "outlook contact". Tap it and it will give you all available options for the name you have entered. It's annoying, I know. Wish you could just set it as an "overall" preference, rather than having to do each conatct one-by-one.
matmaneyre said:
Yeah, it's the sixth field down ("File As...") when editing an "outlook contact". Tap it and it will give you all available options for the name you have entered. It's annoying, I know. Wish you could just set it as an "overall" preference, rather than having to do each conatct one-by-one.
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Screw that im not doing it one by one lol
Thanks for the heads up!
How can you specify which Name should be displayed when linking contacts in WP7?
According to MS this should be possible (see ***.microsoft.com/windowsphone/en-us/howto/wp7/people/link-two-or-more-contacts.aspx)
"When you link two or more contact cards that have different profile pictures or names, you can choose which picture and name will represent the whole. To learn how, see Add a picture to a contact."
But there is only a description for the contact picture, not for the names...
Does anybody know how to do that?
Cheers
Meinrad
mjeanrichard said:
How can you specify which Name should be displayed when linking contacts in WP7?
According to MS this should be possible (see ***.microsoft.com/windowsphone/en-us/howto/wp7/people/link-two-or-more-contacts.aspx)
"When you link two or more contact cards that have different profile pictures or names, you can choose which picture and name will represent the whole. To learn how, see Add a picture to a contact."
But there is only a description for the contact picture, not for the names...
Does anybody know how to do that?
Cheers
Meinrad
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Open the desired contact and then tap "edit" in the bottom bar. Right beneath the profile picture you'll find "name". Tapping that opens a form where you can enter first name, last name etc. That name will be displayed in your contacts hub according to the settings you made for how your contacts are shown (last name first and so on).
Thanks for your reply, but i doesen't quite answer my question. I know that I can edit this information, but thats not what i want.
I'll try to be a bit more specific:
I have a Windows Live contact with the name 'abcd' and an Outlook contact with the name 'Aaaa, Bbb'. On my phone i linked these two contacts (since they represent the same real person). But my phone always uses the name from the Live contact. When I edit the image, i can choose if i want the image from the Live account or from the Outlook contact (and from what i understand from the MS doc this should be possible for the name as well).
-> the only workaround I found so far, is to delete the name entry form the live contact. (Contact -> edit -> edit Windows Live -> delete)
Can't test it right now (on a different phone) but it depends on what linked profile comes first.
For example I link a Live and Facebook contact and to show the Live name, it needs to be the first one... if any of that made sense.
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Yeah,... I know what you mean, but the live contact is always the first in the list. It doesn't matter if I select the Outlook contact first and then add a link to the Live contact or the other way round.
Can you reorder them?
Something not quite right linking contacts.
Linking contacts seems only half implemented.Ive also had this problem,renaming the linked contact card only works sometimes, but always renames the first linked contact, I dont wont that.Also there does nt seem to be any logic to which name it chooses for the card.I ve stopped linking contacts anyway because in text messages you get several message threads from the same person with no idea of what number its from to text or call back ( if they have more than one mobile number ). Lastly I would like to be able to rename the catergory of the number ( Mobile,Company, etc ).Because I would like moblie 2 or Work Moblie.I Hated having to look at the phone numbers all the time to decide which one is right to use.
Call Mobile
**********
Call Mobile
**********
Call Mobile
**********
Text Mobile
**********
Text Mobile
**********
Text Mobile
**********
mjeanrichard said:
Yeah,... I know what you mean, but the live contact is always the first in the list. It doesn't matter if I select the Outlook contact first and then add a link to the Live contact or the other way round.
Can you reorder them?
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Sorry if I can't see it on my WP7 device atm, but I do remember being able to use the Facebook profile first and the Live profile came second.... have ya tried open Outlook contact, press link and then chose the Live contact ?
im not quite sure what u mean but here goes:
if you have 2 contacts. One is named ABC and the other one is AB. If you want to link them both but keep the ABC name, then you need to go to ABC and link it with AB.
Similarly if you want to keep the AB name, then u need to go to AB and link it with ABC.
ammarmalik said:
im not quite sure what u mean but here goes:
if you have 2 contacts. One is named ABC and the other one is AB. If you want to link them both but keep the ABC name, then you need to go to ABC and link it with AB.
Similarly if you want to keep the AB name, then u need to go to AB and link it with ABC.
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Unfortunatley that method dos nt work for me
I have the same problem, I want to view my contacts by the facebook name and I can't... :/