The Contact Name field in Act is unique, as it has six components to it, which are: first name prefixes like Mr. Mrs. Dr., first name, middle name/initial, last name prefixes like Von and Van, last name, and last name suffixes like PhD. and M.D.. This is important to know, as problems can arise when you enter a contact’s name into your database. While you enter the name into a single field in your detail view, Act! automatically identifies each piece of the contact’s name using those six components.