6310 pc suite 4 contacts sync with ms outlook

[Dw53]

I have the same problem with 6360 , Nokia PC Sync 1.2 & Lotus Organizer. Any new solutions out there?

[theoan]

Well, myself I use a personal "patent". First I export my contacts to an Excel file(named regular Outlook contacts). I re-export contacts in a second Excel file (named Nokia sync contacts). In this second file, I completely change the order (Last name, First name). This is done by transffering all the columns under the opposite heading (do not just change the headings). Then I completely delete my Outlook contacts, import new "changed" contacts from the "Nokia" Excel sheet where I previously have made the changes, and synchronize the phone with Outlook. It only takes the same procedure but with the original Excel sheet, to restore Outlook back to how it used to be. In this way I keep my sync up-to-date with the last Outlook contacts. But in this case I always empty the phone's contacts before sync, and I must re-make all groups, and phone order (for example mobile first) since after sync the phone order is different. If I do not empty phone from its contacts, then I get all phone contacts as well as Outlook contacts together, in the phone (that is my problem).

[klattm]

I synchronized my contacts from ms outlook98 via Nokia PC Sync 1.2 all entries are in the order first name, last name. How can I change it into last name, first name?

regards
Michael

[hpercel]

I have the same problem with outlook 2000 , 6210 and PC Sync 1.1.
Is for this configuration an solution known?
regards
henry

[barbum]

Did you ever resolve this problem? I am encountering the same thing with my 3360 and Office XP?

[scheorsch]

Hi Michael,

I've the same problem with the configuration outlook 98, pc sync 1.2 and nokia 6310i.

Are there any "experts" answering these postings???

Greetings

Scheorsch

[vandevyver]

There are several notes with this same question,
but no answers.

It is indeed very anoying that the well ordered outlook contacts list (lastname, firstname) is inversed on the phone.

Any Nokia guys who can comment on this?

I tried to inverse the 'full name' field in outlook,
but still the Nokia 6310 uses firstname lastname order.

Any help very much appreciated

Luc

[tonystanwell]

Hi Michael
I have the same problem...all you can do is put the first name after the last name in the "last name" box in outlook.
I too am astounded that company like nokia can offer no better solution...if anyone has a better solution please let me know
Tony

[sejk]

I had the same problem as you with sync with ms outlook and Nokia PC suite so a I made a small VBscript for switching Lastname and Name in all contacts. You can just run this macro before syncing and after syncing to get to normal order. I think its very simple and reliable.

Sub Nokia()
Dim jmeno
Set nms = Application.GetNamespace("MAPI")
Set fld = nms.Folders("Osobní složky").Folders("Kontakty")
Set itms = fld.Items
ItemCount = itms.Count
If ItemCount = 0 Then
MsgBox "No contacts to export"
Exit Sub
Else
MsgBox ItemCount & " contacts to transform"
End If

For i = 1 To ItemCount
Set itm = itms(i)
jmeno = itm.FirstName
itm.FirstName = itm.LastName
itm.LastName = jmeno
itm.Save
Next

MsgBox "All contacts were transformed!"

End Sub



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