Fed up of badly formatted contacts, duplicate appointments??

[Guest Will]

I realised my outlook was a little 'messy' and found this app (free trial for 30 days, enough to use to clean up messed syncs etc)

no connection, just passing on a link

http://www.shorterpath.com/products/cleanu...nup/default.htm

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      Finds and deletes duplicate contacts.

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      Finds and deletes duplicate appointments.

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      Cleans up contact names by removing extra spaces and applying proper casing.

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      Cleans up contact fax numbers to avoid conflicts (see note below).

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      Provide a list of duplicate items for confirmation before deleting them.

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      Generates a complete report of all actions. The report can be saved for future reference.

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      Integrates directly into the Outlook toolbar.

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      As a safety measure, deleted contacts and appointments are stored in your "Deleted Items" folder.

[Guest fozzie]

Thanks for the link Will.

It seems to work pretty well - except for the contact renaming:

1. It changes McDuff to Mcduff.

2. It changes Walker-Smith to Walker-smith.

I may report it as a bug (?) if I get the time. I probably wouldn't bother using the renaming again anyway - just thought I'd try it ;)

[Guest Will]

Well if like me you inherited all caps, no caps names.. and more importantly duplicate appointments.. it rocks... just remember to check what changes it is making to Scottish and Double barrelled names I gues!!

[Guest fozzie]

Yeah, removing duplicate appointments is it's real plus. I was getting pretty miffed at having to do that manually every few weeks!