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Sharon

Canada
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Posted - Aug 12 2009 :  12:12:42  Show Profile  Reply
In MLK version 6.03 I am able to import names such as "Mr. John Doe, CA" from an Excel file into the LastName field so it displays that way in the sent message across from the TO: field. I tried using FULLNAME but that gave me "CA Mr. John Doe". I'm testing MLK 7.30 and find that the name is always appearing as "CA John Doe" whether I use FULLNAME or LASTNAME. I suspect that the "," is causing the problem. Is there anything I can do about it? We want the addressee name to be complete and formal "Mr. John Doe, CA" .

Sharon

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Posted - Aug 12 2009 :  16:29:08  Show Profile  Reply
Hi Sharon

Does CA mean "Chartered Accountant"?

Is this an official naming convention? I have not seen it used elsewhere. Do you have any documentation outlining such usage.



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Sharon

Canada
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Posted - Aug 13 2009 :  05:36:38  Show Profile  Reply
Hi Nigel,
Yes, that's what it means. It's the same as addressing someone as Mr. John Doe, Phd. It's just that it used to work if I imported the whole name as LastName and now it doesn't.

Sharon
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ILH

Canada
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Posted - Aug 13 2009 :  11:22:21  Show Profile  Reply
Nigel,

If you're looking for a reference on professional designations, here's a relatively good one:

http://www.samford.edu/groups/unirel/stylemanual/a.html



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xequte

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Posted - Aug 14 2009 :  01:31:40  Show Profile  Reply
Thanks Ian,

I'll look at supporting these format names for a coming update.

Sharon, you might want to put these names into a custom field, such as "FormatName" so they import without modification.



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Sharon

Canada
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Posted - Aug 14 2009 :  05:58:01  Show Profile  Reply
Hi Nigel,

When I do that, the delivered message has To: jdoe@mycompany.ca instead of To: Mr. John Doe, CA which is what I really want (and am used to having in version 6.03). I am unable to select the custom name field to the addressee as it seems to puck up either full name or last name automatically. Am I stuck with this if I update. I really love your software otherwise and recommend it to anyone who asks.

Sharon

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xequte

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Posted - Aug 18 2009 :  19:29:06  Show Profile  Reply
Hi Sharon

For v7.32 we've made MLK much more conservative about reformatting full names if we are confident of the source (such as importing, as opposed to extracting from emails).

I've emailed you a download link.


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Sharon

Canada
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Posted - Aug 19 2009 :  05:48:36  Show Profile  Reply
Thank you so much Nigel. It now works when I use the Full Name field. You're the best. I've never had such great support from a company.



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