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Contacts name arrangement

Hi,
as it is, contacts stores Last name, First Name.
I would like to change that to First Name, Last Name.
Maybe some registry hack?
Thanks
WM6, TMOBILE

i think you can do that on Outlook... Display as FirstName LastName

its a per contact thing. edit a contact and change "file as" to how you want it. I remember easily changing all my contacts in outlook on the pc and then syncing it to the phone.

Display "File as" in People Tab

Is there a way of tweaking the People Tab in Touchflo to display the "file as" field of the contact in the text, rather then the contacts first name. It was one of my fave features of SPB Mobile Shell.

I think it depends on how you have your contacts entered in your address book. Mine are all synced from Outlook and the File As is set to "First Last", and that's how my People tab shows it. If you open up the MS contacts app on the phone, edit a contact, there should be a File As drop-down. I think by default it's Last, First or possibly just First if you don't have a last name entered.

agentdr8 said:
I think it depends on how you have your contacts entered in your address book. Mine are all synced from Outlook and the File As is set to "First Last", and that's how my People tab shows it. If you open up the MS contacts app on the phone, edit a contact, there should be a File As drop-down. I think by default it's Last, First or possibly just First if you don't have a last name entered.
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Yeah, I have fileas set to First Last too, but for certain contacts in Outlook, such as buisness addresses, I don't put anything in the name fields, just the buisness field. Outlook then automatically sets the Fileas field to the buisness name instead.
At the minute, Touchflo just looks for the entry in the First Name field and shows that - I want it to show whatever is in the Fileas field instead. I'm currently using version 2.5, or Leo I think its codenamed.

Ah, yeah. I ran into that issue too. I ended up just having to copy the business name into the First name field in Outlook. Not the best solution, but it worked for me.

Aye, SPB used to be able to do it, so its not a fault with Windows mobile itself - there must be someway to tweak the registry or reverse the polarity or something.

How to import contacts without breaking first/last name?

I exported my contacts from gmail and imported them into Outlook (I'm attempting to sync the contacts from my Android phone onto my Windows Mobile phone), however when I bring them into Outlook, anyone who's name was split up (for example "John Smith") it refiled as "Smith, John" so when I then sync that to my phone, it's displayed everyone with their last name first. This makes it impossible to find anyone and I want them to all show with their first name first, ie. "John Smith" but the only way I've found to do that is to click on each contact individually and change it.
Is there a better/faster way to make all of them just show up with their first name first? If not, let me know if you're interested in buying a Touch HD, because it's pretty much useless if it's gonna rename all my contacts every time I sync.

Try Shubaroo Contact Changer, it doesn't change anything except the "File As" value so they all appear First, Last.

Calendar help - unable to edit appointment!

Not sure why this is, but just got my Desire, exported calendar from outlook to Google, then sync'd phone and imported appointments. When I open an appointment and want to move it, I tap menu, and the only options I get are: Add reminder; Delete event; Share vCalendar. Why can't I edit them?? How can I make it so I can??!! Is it something on the phone, or do I need to change settings on Google calendar on my laptop? HELP!! Thanks!

I had the exact same problem until I installed the new T-Mobile update and now "edit" as appeared on the menu. Could be a coincidence, but it is now there!

Importing contact vCard into Google contacts in HTC Sense

I tried to import a vCard sent to me via text message so that it would sync with Google, but it only showed up in the phone contacts which don't sync. Is there a way to import vCards using the People app to accomplish this? I also looked for a way to move the "phone only" imported contact to Google contacts without success.

Try importing through a computer using Gmail. If you look around, there is an import option in Gmail which will sync your contacts.
Oh lol, 100th post.

VCard Import - Directly from Phone?
forceOnature's approach works, 100%.
However I, like Jykinturah, would like to be able to import vCards directly into my phone (i.e. when I am away from a computer). I tried (HTC EVO 4G) and can't seem to figure it out. Does anyone know if / how this can be done?

dgreaves said:
forceOnature's approach works, 100%.
However I, like Jykinturah, would like to be able to import vCards directly into my phone (i.e. when I am away from a computer). I tried (HTC EVO 4G) and can't seem to figure it out. Does anyone know if / how this can be done?
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You could probably do it via Email and the Evo's browser. Just make sure to select "Desktop version" from Gmail (near the bottom) as I don't know if the Mobile version supports contact management.

Importing to gmail
Yes, you can import a vCard contact to the google contacts instead of the phone contacts. You can also move a contact from phone to google, and vice-versa, from the phone.
1. Click on the people icon
2. Press menu
3. Select Import/export
4. Select Import from SD card
5. Select Google
6. Select “Import one vCard file” (may not see this option if you only have one file)
7. Select the file that you are wanting to import as a google contact.
To move a contact from phone to google:
1. Click on the people icon
2. Press menu
3. Select Import/export
4. Select Export to SD card
5. Select phone
Then follow the steps posted to import to google. I have done this multiple times on my EVO, as well as others. This works on every android 2.1 phone I have tested (they have all been sprint devices).