Answers.Body: <p>The formal title is used for an additional prefix. For example, in German someone might be called Herr Dokter Suchandsuch, where "herr" stands for "mister" and "Dokter" for doctor. So it can be used for those kind of cases.</p>
  
  <p>If you want it to be visible on the contact summary you can switch it on with Administer>Customize Data and Screens>Display Preferences></p>
  
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Answers.Text: Now you have the answer @themak would be great if you could submit a user guide update :-)
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Answers.Text: @Aidan any suggestion where? Not sure if here is a good place. https://docs.civicrm.org/user/en/latest/organising-your-data/contacts/#individual-fields
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Answers.Text: @themak That seems good, and maybe link to https://docs.civicrm.org/user/en/latest/organising-your-data/contacts/#customizing-the-view-of-contacts since it is not enabled by default.
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Body: <p>Just noticed the last import an employee did - confused Job Title with Formal Title - we fixed it - but then the question arose - what is the field Formal Title used for - and I have no clue. </p>
  
  <p>Its not in the user guide - not visible on contact dashboard - and not much discussion about it on SE - can someone shed some light on how formal title is used? </p>
  
Tags: <contacts><fields>
Title: What is formal title used for?
ThreadText: # What is formal title used for?
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2018-12-10)
  
  Just noticed the last import an employee did - confused Job Title with Formal Title - we fixed it - but then the question arose - what is the field Formal Title used for - and I have no clue.
  
  Its not in the user guide - not visible on contact dashboard - and not much discussion about it on SE - can someone shed some light on how formal title is used?
  
  **Tags:** contacts, fields
  
  
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  ### Answer by username_1 on 2018-12-10. Score: 3 | Accepted answer
  
  The formal title is used for an additional prefix. For example, in German someone might be called Herr Dokter Suchandsuch, where "herr" stands for "mister" and "Dokter" for doctor. So it can be used for those kind of cases.
  
  If you want it to be visible on the contact summary you can switch it on with Administer>Customize Data and Screens>Display Preferences>
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_2**: Now you have the answer @username_0 would be great if you could submit a user guide update :-)  
  > **username_0**: @username_2 any suggestion where? Not sure if here is a good place. https://docs.civicrm.org/user/en/latest/organising-your-data/contacts/#individual-fields  
  > **username_2**: @username_0 That seems good, and maybe link to https://docs.civicrm.org/user/en/latest/organising-your-data/contacts/#customizing-the-view-of-contacts since it is not enabled by default.  
  
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