Empty Contact Names

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You will receive the screen below if a contact that has no name is encountered. Outlook establishes the basis for all task, calendar, and journal entries via a linking system on the existence of a valid name i.e. a name other than empty. Hence, ACT-To-Outlook Professional NEW Edition checks whether first and last name are set for the contact. When these fields result in empty, the "No name for this contact" dialog appears.

When this dialog appears, you are provided with the contact details via the roll down list and you can take the following actions: 1. You can ignore this contact. The software continues to process the next contact   2. You can set the name for the contact to be set in Outlook. Enter the name in the name box to enter the new name. You can look through the list and determine what the name of the contact is.   3. Apply Button. Continue processing. Remember, if the blank name contact has any activities, todo's, calendar, or journal entries, they will not be linked to the contact   4. Cancel Conversion Button. Cancel the conversion of the ACT! Database into Outlook.   5. Do not ask again. Continue processing this contact and in the event of another contact being blank named, continue processing.