how do I combine my two Outlook address books into one?

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I have two address books, one called Contacts and one called Contacts 1. How
do I merge the two so that I just have one?
 
Clarify what you mean.
There is no address book in Outlook. Only Contact Folders.
Post your Outlook version and where you see these two "address books."
 
My version is Outlook 2003. and I used the generic term "address book" for my
contacts...I have "Contacts" and "Contacts 1". How do or can I merge the two?

Russ Valentine said:
Clarify what you mean.
There is no address book in Outlook. Only Contact Folders.
Post your Outlook version and where you see these two "address books."
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Gael said:
I have two address books, one called Contacts and one called Contacts 1.
How
do I merge the two so that I just have one?
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Answer my question please.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Gael said:
My version is Outlook 2003. and I used the generic term "address book" for
my
contacts...I have "Contacts" and "Contacts 1". How do or can I merge the
two?

Russ Valentine said:
Clarify what you mean.
There is no address book in Outlook. Only Contact Folders.
Post your Outlook version and where you see these two "address books."
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Gael said:
I have two address books, one called Contacts and one called Contacts 1.
How
do I merge the two so that I just have one?
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
???

I see "Outlook 2003" in the response.

And two contacts folders.

--
Jim McGowan


Russ Valentine said:
Answer my question please.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Gael said:
My version is Outlook 2003. and I used the generic term "address book"
for my
contacts...I have "Contacts" and "Contacts 1". How do or can I merge the
two?

Russ Valentine said:
Clarify what you mean.
There is no address book in Outlook. Only Contact Folders.
Post your Outlook version and where you see these two "address books."
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
I have two address books, one called Contacts and one called Contacts
1.
How
do I merge the two so that I just have one?
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
Gael,

Before doing anything, you should backup your PST. You can do this within
Outlook by clicking on File, and then Backup... Follow the prompts from
there.

In "Folders" view, you can open Contacts1, press Ctrl-A (Select All) to
select all of those contacts, and then press Ctrl-X (Cut).

Then open the Contacts folder and click Ctrl-V (Paste).

All of the contacts from the folder "Contacts1" will now be in the folder
"Contacts".

If there are obvious duplicates, you may want to delete them from Contacts1
before doing the above.

Once all of the contacts are in the Contacts folder, you can delte the
Contacts1 folder.

Hope this helps!

--
Jim McGowan


Gael said:
My version is Outlook 2003. and I used the generic term "address book" for
my
contacts...I have "Contacts" and "Contacts 1". How do or can I merge the
two?

Russ Valentine said:
Clarify what you mean.
There is no address book in Outlook. Only Contact Folders.
Post your Outlook version and where you see these two "address books."
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Gael said:
I have two address books, one called Contacts and one called Contacts 1.
How
do I merge the two so that I just have one?
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
I asked where (as in what view) these two folders appear.
As long as they are in Contacts or Folder List view, your solution would
apply. If they appear in the Outlook Address Book as was implied, it would
not.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Jim McGowan said:
???

I see "Outlook 2003" in the response.

And two contacts folders.

--
Jim McGowan


Russ Valentine said:
Answer my question please.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Gael said:
My version is Outlook 2003. and I used the generic term "address book"
for my
contacts...I have "Contacts" and "Contacts 1". How do or can I merge the
two?

:

Clarify what you mean.
There is no address book in Outlook. Only Contact Folders.
Post your Outlook version and where you see these two "address books."
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
I have two address books, one called Contacts and one called Contacts
1.
How
do I merge the two so that I just have one?
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
thanks Jim and thanks for "rescuing" me by answering Russ' question for me! I
will do all tomorrow morning when I have a fresh brain.

Jim McGowan said:
Gael,

Before doing anything, you should backup your PST. You can do this within
Outlook by clicking on File, and then Backup... Follow the prompts from
there.

In "Folders" view, you can open Contacts1, press Ctrl-A (Select All) to
select all of those contacts, and then press Ctrl-X (Cut).

Then open the Contacts folder and click Ctrl-V (Paste).

All of the contacts from the folder "Contacts1" will now be in the folder
"Contacts".

If there are obvious duplicates, you may want to delete them from Contacts1
before doing the above.

Once all of the contacts are in the Contacts folder, you can delte the
Contacts1 folder.

Hope this helps!

--
Jim McGowan


Gael said:
My version is Outlook 2003. and I used the generic term "address book" for
my
contacts...I have "Contacts" and "Contacts 1". How do or can I merge the
two?

Russ Valentine said:
Clarify what you mean.
There is no address book in Outlook. Only Contact Folders.
Post your Outlook version and where you see these two "address books."
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
I have two address books, one called Contacts and one called Contacts 1.
How
do I merge the two so that I just have one?
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
Gael,

Please understand, Russ answers about 1000 or more to every one that I do!

(I'm usually hanging around the Pocket PC groups instead!)

--
Jim McGowan


Gael said:
thanks Jim and thanks for "rescuing" me by answering Russ' question for
me! I
will do all tomorrow morning when I have a fresh brain.

Jim McGowan said:
Gael,

Before doing anything, you should backup your PST. You can do this within
Outlook by clicking on File, and then Backup... Follow the prompts from
there.

In "Folders" view, you can open Contacts1, press Ctrl-A (Select All) to
select all of those contacts, and then press Ctrl-X (Cut).

Then open the Contacts folder and click Ctrl-V (Paste).

All of the contacts from the folder "Contacts1" will now be in the folder
"Contacts".

If there are obvious duplicates, you may want to delete them from
Contacts1
before doing the above.

Once all of the contacts are in the Contacts folder, you can delte the
Contacts1 folder.

Hope this helps!

--
Jim McGowan


Gael said:
My version is Outlook 2003. and I used the generic term "address book"
for
my
contacts...I have "Contacts" and "Contacts 1". How do or can I merge
the
two?

:

Clarify what you mean.
There is no address book in Outlook. Only Contact Folders.
Post your Outlook version and where you see these two "address books."
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
I have two address books, one called Contacts and one called Contacts
1.
How
do I merge the two so that I just have one?
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
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