What is "Yomi name"?

Brian Tillman [Outlook MVP 2007-2019] 25,920 Reputation points
2012-08-20T20:26:02+00:00

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?

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Anonymous
2012-09-06T20:38:39+00:00

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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  1. Anonymous
    2017-03-23T13:16:40+00:00

    I ... do not get the textbox for "Nickname" in my dropdown list.

    That's because it's not under Name. Look under Other near the bottom of the form.

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  2. Anonymous
    2017-03-23T16:22:26+00:00

    Thanks, I found it there.  I would not have guessed it to be an "Other" item.

     I will mark this as "Solved my problem" ... however, Yomi Name is under "Name" but Nickname is under "Other"  Others have posted & shown that Nickname is under "Name" in their Outlook.com

    ?? Is this a new change ??

    Why not include "Nickname" under the "Name" properties section instead of other?

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  3. Anonymous
    2017-03-23T20:41:27+00:00

    ?? Is this a new change ??

    Things are changing all the time, and some users may see UI elements that others don't see at all.

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  4. Anonymous
    2017-05-28T17:56:26+00:00

    It seems odd to me that people are ranting that Microsoft has included the Yomi fields.

    Microsoft is simply conforming to the industry standard fields that have become common over the years as "contacts" systems have been developed by various companies (Microsoft, apple, google, yahoo, twitter, facebook, ...).

    Yes, it might be nice to have more flexibility such as user defined fields. But at this point, imagine the problems a person would then have when trying to import/export their contacts amongst the many various providers like the ones mentioned above.

    I agree that some better UI choices could be made to make fields more comprehensible.

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