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

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.

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."

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

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).