How do I make my Contacts my Address Book in Outlook 2007?

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I just migrated to a new computer and moved from Outlook 2003 to Outlook
2007. All of my Outlook data appears to have migrated successfully however
Outlook does not recognize my Contacts as my address book. I've tried the
published "fixes" but they all apply to Outlook 2003 and the 2007 menus don't
work exactly the same.
 
Epsilon said:
I just migrated to a new computer and moved from Outlook 2003 to
Outlook 2007. All of my Outlook data appears to have migrated
successfully however Outlook does not recognize my Contacts as my
address book. I've tried the published "fixes" but they all apply to
Outlook 2003 and the 2007 menus don't work exactly the same.
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They may not be exactly the same menus, but the exact same principles apply.
It shouldn't be that difficult to find the menu items you need.
 
The menus are slightly different but they do work the same.
Just use Tools > Accounts > Address Book Tab to add and configure the
Outlook Address Book. If you can't, then provide information on why you
can't and how you migrated your data. If done incorrectly it can demolish
the Outlook Address Book Service.
 
When I go to Tools>Account Settings>Address Book, Outlook Address Book is
listed, the "type" is MAPI. The only actions available on that page are
"New" and "Change". If I select New>Additional Address Books it won't allow
me to pick "Outlook Address Book" as a type, because it already exists. If I
select Change, the dialog that appears has an empty list of Outlook Address
Books. The instruction on that box says to select the Contacts folder, then
Properties, then the Outlook Address Book tab. However the selection "Show
this folder as an email Address Book is unchecked and is "grayed out." Am I
missing something obvious here?

I migrated the data from my previous computer (Windows XP; Office 2003) to a
new Dell 620 with Vista & Office 2007. I used the data migration tool that
comes with Vista.

Russ Valentine said:
The menus are slightly different but they do work the same.
Just use Tools > Accounts > Address Book Tab to add and configure the
Outlook Address Book. If you can't, then provide information on why you
can't and how you migrated your data. If done incorrectly it can demolish
the Outlook Address Book Service.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Epsilon said:
I just migrated to a new computer and moved from Outlook 2003 to Outlook
2007. All of my Outlook data appears to have migrated successfully
however
Outlook does not recognize my Contacts as my address book. I've tried the
published "fixes" but they all apply to Outlook 2003 and the 2007 menus
don't
work exactly the same.
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
Bingo. You have a corrupt profile. You cannot use Vista's Easy Transfer with
Outlook. It does not work.
Create a new profile from scratch and then open your old data file in that
profile and set it as the default. Once you do, you will be able to
configure the Outlook Address Book according to those instructions.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Epsilon said:
When I go to Tools>Account Settings>Address Book, Outlook Address Book is
listed, the "type" is MAPI. The only actions available on that page are
"New" and "Change". If I select New>Additional Address Books it won't
allow
me to pick "Outlook Address Book" as a type, because it already exists.
If I
select Change, the dialog that appears has an empty list of Outlook
Address
Books. The instruction on that box says to select the Contacts folder,
then
Properties, then the Outlook Address Book tab. However the selection
"Show
this folder as an email Address Book is unchecked and is "grayed out." Am
I
missing something obvious here?

I migrated the data from my previous computer (Windows XP; Office 2003) to
a
new Dell 620 with Vista & Office 2007. I used the data migration tool
that
comes with Vista.

Russ Valentine said:
The menus are slightly different but they do work the same.
Just use Tools > Accounts > Address Book Tab to add and configure the
Outlook Address Book. If you can't, then provide information on why you
can't and how you migrated your data. If done incorrectly it can demolish
the Outlook Address Book Service.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Epsilon said:
I just migrated to a new computer and moved from Outlook 2003 to Outlook
2007. All of my Outlook data appears to have migrated successfully
however
Outlook does not recognize my Contacts as my address book. I've tried
the
published "fixes" but they all apply to Outlook 2003 and the 2007 menus
don't
work exactly the same.
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
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