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I'm trying to add a contact. If I click on the plus sign below the "First name", "Last name", and "Company" field, I see a pop-up whose first two entries, "Yomi name" and "Yomi company" don't mean anything to me. Here's a picture:
What the heck does that mean?
Organizing and accessing contact information in Outlook.com
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Hi Brian,
Yomi name and Yomi company name are fields for entering the phonetic equivalent for Japanese names. In Japan, there is commonly a Furigana equivalent for the Kanji name that is used for sorting and searching.
HTH,
Stacey
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Right on, Sergey!
"Nana2DB," we share the same concerns and opinions about the "Yomi Name Issue" nearly point-by-point and you expressed everything so well you saved me the trouble of composing a post myself...thank you! I couldn't agree with you more about the ability to add a second company or subcategory field with a dropdown box such as "Company2" or a user-definable category. For example, I purchased Nitro Pro 8 PDF software last week; the company that developed and sells this product is Cleverbridge, Inc. Added "Nitro Pro PDF Software" under the title "Nickname" based on the lack of options and it feels like a "cheap" quasi-solution. Another example that impacts me greatly on a professional level is that my clients are hospitals with contacts in a variety of different departments within the hospital. I could use a "Company2" (better still, a user-definable "Department") option to enter the specific department subcategory. The functionality and versatility of the entire Contacts component (among others) has fallen woefully behind meeting user needs, is non-intuitive and is still absurdly archaic, especially in light of the vast advances in all manner of technology over the past few years. Cheers as well to Brian and others for the spot-on great points expressed in this thread. Microsoft seems to be "phoning it in" now and it shows in their products. Very disappointed.
We love fight! I was curious what that meant and I know (kinda) the answer now. Thank you boys and girls.