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Originally Posted by boltjames

You do it on the iPhone's contacts in the phone itself.

The iPhone sees "through" these symbols so they still appear alphabetically in your phone's contacts.

The iDrive is more rudimentary, sorts the symbols independently and puts them atop the "A" group.

.Smith, Michael

...will show up sorted with the "S" group on the iPhone (Apple sees through the . symbol) but at the very top of the iDrive list (BMW counts the . symbol).

If you find the extra period annoying, you can create duplicate entries for just your Top 10 favorites. So, for example, your wife:

Smith, Michelle
.Smith, Michelle

...you create a dupe so that in your iPhone favorites list it'll show up without the period yet in the iDrive list it shows up with the period. Another wrinkle is that if you wish to have two unique dial settings for your wife's work and mobile numbers, do this:

Smith, Michelle
.Smith, Michelle Work
.Smith, Michelle Mobile

On the iPhone, the standard method puts both numbers on the one contacts entry. By putting these three entries into the iPhone contacts your iDrive will allow you to dial either the work or mobile numbers independently, saves you a click.

BJ

Excellent, thank you!