Syncing Contacts by company Name

When I sync with Outlook 2003 Iphone strips out the data from the "file as" field for company contacts without a personal contact name in Outlook.
Also I have not found a way for iPhone to store/display by company name instead of personal name.
Is this just how it is or am I missing something?
Charles

It is kind of a pain, but I set up a seperate Contact Folder for my iPhone and changed the format of contanct information. I put the +Comany Name+ in the First Name Field (you can also use Last Name) and put the Contact Name in the Company Field. This sorts by Company Name. Whrer I have mutiple contacts at a company with direct lines adn seperate email addresses, i simple put a - and the contacts first name following the Comapny Name in the First Name field. Just make sure to set sync folder to iPhone contact folder.

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With my Treo running Agendus I could see all my Contacts by their company name and the contacts name alongside. If I did a search by name or company got a result.
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