Additional Address Book

[Jan]

I have a separate address book in my Outlook 2007 contacts, but when I'm in
that address book I cannot create a distribution list because the only
option I get when clicking "Select Members" is my basic address book. "Help"
tells me I can change the properties to allow the additional address book to
show, but I can't find where the instructions are to do that. Can someone
please help.

 

[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

Since Outlook does not have an address book, you need to clarify what you
mean by that term.
Contact data can only be created in Contacts Folders, and you can certainly
create a DL in any Contacts Folder you want.

 

[Jan]

I must be missing something then. When I go to the "Soccer" contact folder
and try to make a new DL, the only addresses that show up are from my
"General" contact folder. What am I doing wrong???

Since Outlook does not have an address book, you need to clarify what you
mean by that term.
Contact data can only be created in Contacts Folders, and you can
certainly create a DL in any Contacts Folder you want.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

I have a separate address book in my Outlook 2007 contacts, but when I'm
in that address book I cannot create a distribution list because the only
option I get when clicking "Select Members" is my basic address book.
"Help" tells me I can change the properties to allow the additional
address book to show, but I can't find where the instructions are to do
that. Can someone please help.

 

[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

Did you enable the "Soccer" Contacts folder as an email address book so it
would appear? You do so in the properties for that folder, available in the
R click context menu.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

I must be missing something then. When I go to the "Soccer" contact folder
and try to make a new DL, the only addresses that show up are from my
"General" contact folder. What am I doing wrong???

Since Outlook does not have an address book, you need to clarify what you
mean by that term.
Contact data can only be created in Contacts Folders, and you can
certainly create a DL in any Contacts Folder you want.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

I have a separate address book in my Outlook 2007 contacts, but when I'm
in that address book I cannot create a distribution list because the only
option I get when clicking "Select Members" is my basic address book.
"Help" tells me I can change the properties to allow the additional
address book to show, but I can't find where the instructions are to do
that. Can someone please help.

 

[Diane Poremsky]

is soccer enabled as an address book? can you select another address book
from the drop down in the select members dialog?

I must be missing something then. When I go to the "Soccer" contact folder
and try to make a new DL, the only addresses that show up are from my
"General" contact folder. What am I doing wrong???

Since Outlook does not have an address book, you need to clarify what you
mean by that term.
Contact data can only be created in Contacts Folders, and you can
certainly create a DL in any Contacts Folder you want.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

I have a separate address book in my Outlook 2007 contacts, but when I'm
in that address book I cannot create a distribution list because the only
option I get when clicking "Select Members" is my basic address book.
"Help" tells me I can change the properties to allow the additional
address book to show, but I can't find where the instructions are to do
that. Can someone please help.

 

[Jan Groshan]

To clarify: I have 3 folders: Contacts, Soccer, Law Group. The only
listing I can get when I go to select members for a new distribution list
are the names in the "Contacts" folder. If I were to rename the other two
Contacts-Soccer and Contact-Law Group, would that make a difference ?

I must be missing something then. When I go to the "Soccer" contact folder
and try to make a new DL, the only addresses that show up are from my
"General" contact folder. What am I doing wrong???

Since Outlook does not have an address book, you need to clarify what you
mean by that term.
Contact data can only be created in Contacts Folders, and you can
certainly create a DL in any Contacts Folder you want.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

I have a separate address book in my Outlook 2007 contacts, but when I'm
in that address book I cannot create a distribution list because the only
option I get when clicking "Select Members" is my basic address book.
"Help" tells me I can change the properties to allow the additional
address book to show, but I can't find where the instructions are to do
that. Can someone please help.

 

[Diane Poremsky]

No, it won't matter.

did you right click on the Soccer folder and choose properties and check the
setting on the address book tab?

To clarify: I have 3 folders: Contacts, Soccer, Law Group. The only
listing I can get when I go to select members for a new distribution list
are the names in the "Contacts" folder. If I were to rename the other two
Contacts-Soccer and Contact-Law Group, would that make a difference ?

I must be missing something then. When I go to the "Soccer" contact folder
and try to make a new DL, the only addresses that show up are from my
"General" contact folder. What am I doing wrong???

Since Outlook does not have an address book, you need to clarify what
you mean by that term.
Contact data can only be created in Contacts Folders, and you can
certainly create a DL in any Contacts Folder you want.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
I have a separate address book in my Outlook 2007 contacts, but when I'm
in that address book I cannot create a distribution list because the
only option I get when clicking "Select Members" is my basic address
book. "Help" tells me I can change the properties to allow the
additional address book to show, but I can't find where the
instructions are to do that. Can someone please help.

 

[Jan Groshan]

Thanks. That's what I was looking for. I'll check it at the office tomorrow.
I thought it might have something to do with Properties, but I didn't know
where Properties was located.

Did you enable the "Soccer" Contacts folder as an email address book so it
would appear? You do so in the properties for that folder, available in
the R click context menu.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

I must be missing something then. When I go to the "Soccer" contact folder
and try to make a new DL, the only addresses that show up are from my
"General" contact folder. What am I doing wrong???

Since Outlook does not have an address book, you need to clarify what
you mean by that term.
Contact data can only be created in Contacts Folders, and you can
certainly create a DL in any Contacts Folder you want.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
I have a separate address book in my Outlook 2007 contacts, but when I'm
in that address book I cannot create a distribution list because the
only option I get when clicking "Select Members" is my basic address
book. "Help" tells me I can change the properties to allow the
additional address book to show, but I can't find where the
instructions are to do that. Can someone please help.