IPhone/Outlook Contacts sync acting strangely

Hi everyone. I have something weird happening in Outlook that wasn't happening before getting a new iPhone (my first iPhone ever). I had my Outlook Contacts setup so that when I create a new contact (in Outlook) and I enter the contacts name the "file as" field shows lastname, firstname. This worked fine until I began using my iPhone. Now when I create a new contact in Outlook the "file as" field shows firstname, lastname instead of lastname, firstname even though it is setup correctly in Outlook properties. Has anyone seen this before?

SOLVED - I went into his Contacts Options (Tools | Options | Contact Options) and simply changed the Default Full Name Order from Last Frist to First (Middle) Last and that did the trick!

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