Registered: Apr 2002
Location:
Posts: 24

Names are backwards in phone lookup

I just got a Neo to replace my dying Deluxe, and for some reason the Phone Number Lookup function (Command L) pastes in the name information backwards. That is, it appears as

Lastname, Firstname Phone#

instead of

Firstname Lastname Phone#

as all my previous Palms have done.

I've searched though the Neo user's guide, and the PalmOS 3.3 & 3.5 upgrade documents, but have not see any mention of this behaviour.

Is this some undocumented feature of PalmOS 3.5?

How can I make it go back to Firstname first?

Registered: Dec 2001
Location: Holly Springs, NC
Posts: 124

My Pro lists last name first in the look up feature. I have no clue how to switch it. I don't remember if my Deluxe was first or last name first... I'll check on my friend's if I can get ahold of it.

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Registered: Apr 2002
Location:
Posts: 24

As near as I can tell, it's an OS 3.5 "feature" that doesn't seem to be documented anywhere. The Visor Deluxe (and all previous Palm's I've seen) do firstname first. But the Neo, Prism & Pro do lastname first.

I wound up using PopUpNames to get back to the firstname first format.

Registered: Jul 2002
Location: Toronto, CANADA
Posts: 21

Yes all the 3.5+ OS swill list Last name first.... It is a feature