OL2000: A Second Initial Is Added to the Contact Name When You Create a Contact from a Global Address List (279410)

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Outlook 2000

This article was previously published under Q279410

SYMPTOMS

When you try to create a contact from a global address list in Outlook 2000, an initial may be repeated in the Full Name field.

CAUSE

This problem occurs when the GAL entry has initials as the first name. For example, a GAL entry with name "T K Jones" creates a contact item as "T K K Jones."

RESOLUTION

To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Microsoft Office 2000. For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

276367 OFF2000: How to Obtain the Latest Office 2000 Service Pack

The English-language version of this fix should have the following file attributes or later:

File name	Version
Contab32.dll	9.0.0.4618

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in Microsoft Outlook 2000.

This problem was first corrected in Microsoft Office 2000 Service Pack 3 (SP-3).

Modification Type:	Minor	Last Reviewed:	9/23/2005
Keywords:	kbHotfixServer kbQFE kbbug kbfix KB279410