Microsoft KB Archive Search

Notice: This website is an unofficial Microsoft Knowledge Base (hereinafter KB) archive and is intended to provide a reliable access to deleted content from Microsoft KB. All KB articles are owned by Microsoft Corporation. Read full disclaimer for more details.

  1. Home
  2. The address book does not display the edited "Display name" or "Display as" field in Outlook

The address book does not display the edited "Display name" or "Display as" field in Outlook

View products that this article applies to.

This article was previously published under Q293217

↑ Back to the top

Symptoms

When you change the Display Name or the Display as field in a contact, the displayed name in the address book is not updated with the changes.

↑ Back to the top

Cause

This behavior occurs because both the Display as and Display Name fields are used for the display of e-mail recipients on the To, Cc, and the Bcc fields in a message.

↑ Back to the top

Resolution

To resolve this behavior, change the Full Name field of the contact in Microsoft Outlook to change the name that is displayed in your address book.

↑ Back to the top

Keywords: kbprb, KB293217, kbprb, KB293217

↑ Back to the top

Article Info
Article ID : 293217
Revision : 3
Created on : 1/31/2007
Published on : 1/31/2007
Exists online : False
Views : 458