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I exported my contacts into an excel file and successfully imported it
back into a fresh install of Outlook but it does not work. Using the
address book icon the contacts list is empty and when I create a new msg the
list that should be there of contacts is empty, but when using the Folder
List the contacts are all there. Anyone help with this?
 
What version of Outlook are you using, and if 98 or 2000, what mail support
mode? If you're not sure, look at the second line of Help | About Microsoft
Outlook -- it should say "Internet Mail Only" or "Corporate/Workgroup".
(Outlook 97, 2002, and 2003 don't have separate modes.)

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Jocelyn Fiorello
MVP - Outlook

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Sorry, Outlook 2002.

Jocelyn Fiorello said:
What version of Outlook are you using, and if 98 or 2000, what mail support
mode? If you're not sure, look at the second line of Help | About Microsoft
Outlook -- it should say "Internet Mail Only" or "Corporate/Workgroup".
(Outlook 97, 2002, and 2003 don't have separate modes.)

--
Jocelyn Fiorello
MVP - Outlook

*** Messages sent to my e-mail address will NOT be answered -- please
reply only to the newsgroup to preserve the message thread. ***


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Go to Tools | E-mail accounts, select "View or change existing directories
or address books", and click OK. If you don't see the OAB in the
Directories and Address Books list, click the Back button, then select "Add
a new directory or address book", then "Additional Address Books", and add
the OAB. Then keep clicking Back until you get back to the first dialog
box, and go back to the Directories and Address Books list as you did
earlier.

Once the OAB appears in the list, select it and then click Change to make
sure the Contacts folder(s) you want to display are listed. If any of them
aren't listed, you'll need to enable those Contacts folders as Outlook
Address Books by right clicking the folder, selecting Properties, clicking
the Outlook Address Book tab, and checking the "Show this folder as an
E-mail address book" box. Make sure you restart Outlook after making these
changes.

--
Jocelyn Fiorello
MVP - Outlook

*** Messages sent to my e-mail address will NOT be answered -- please
reply only to the newsgroup to preserve the message thread. ***


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Thank you for the help thus far but I have got another problem. When the
steps you gave me didn't work I delved a little deeper in my contacts folder
and found that the email addresses weren't imported. Only the name, and
physical address if any, were imported. I can manually open the excel file
and see the emails tho so I may just have to do it by hand. For future
reference what format should I export to the next time I need to do this?
Thanks for everything!
 
Assuming you were using Outlook the whole time (not Outlook Express or
another program), you can just re-use your old .PST file in a new
installation of Outlook, instead of using import and export.

--
Jocelyn Fiorello
MVP - Outlook

*** Messages sent to my e-mail address will NOT be answered -- please
reply only to the newsgroup to preserve the message thread. ***


In
 
Thanks a mill!

Jocelyn Fiorello said:
Assuming you were using Outlook the whole time (not Outlook Express or
another program), you can just re-use your old .PST file in a new
installation of Outlook, instead of using import and export.

--
Jocelyn Fiorello
MVP - Outlook

*** Messages sent to my e-mail address will NOT be answered -- please
reply only to the newsgroup to preserve the message thread. ***


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Idiot question now....I did a search for a .pst file in the office
folder and came up with nothing. This is all new to me. Where can I find
this file? Thanks for all your help!
 
If you're using Windows 2000 or XP, .PST files may be located in hidden or
system folders, so make sure you have those folders visible when you do the
search.

--
Jocelyn Fiorello
MVP - Outlook

*** Messages sent to my e-mail address will NOT be answered -- please
reply only to the newsgroup to preserve the message thread. ***


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Diaboyos said:
Idiot question now....I did a search for a .pst file in the office
folder and came up with nothing. This is all new to me. Where can I
find this file? Thanks for all your help!

Diaboyos said:
Thanks a mill!

Jocelyn Fiorello said:
Assuming you were using Outlook the whole time (not Outlook Express
or another program), you can just re-use your old .PST file in a new
installation of Outlook, instead of using import and export.

--
Jocelyn Fiorello
MVP - Outlook

*** Messages sent to my e-mail address will NOT be answered --
please reply only to the newsgroup to preserve the message thread.
***


In Diaboyos wrote:

Thank you for the help thus far but I have got another problem.
When the steps you gave me didn't work I delved a little deeper in
my contacts folder and found that the email addresses weren't
imported. Only the name, and physical address if any, were
imported. I can manually open the excel file and see the emails
tho so I may just have to do it by hand. For future reference
what format should I export to the next time I need to do this?
Thanks for everything!


"Jocelyn Fiorello [MVP - Outlook]" <[email protected]>
wrote in message Go to Tools | E-mail accounts, select "View or change existing
directories or address books", and click OK. If you don't see the
OAB in the Directories and Address Books list, click the Back
button, then select "Add a new directory or address book", then
"Additional Address Books", and add the OAB. Then keep clicking
Back until you get back to the first dialog box, and go back to
the Directories and Address Books list as you did earlier.

Once the OAB appears in the list, select it and then click Change
to make sure the Contacts folder(s) you want to display are
listed. If any of them aren't listed, you'll need to enable
those Contacts folders as Outlook Address Books by right clicking
the folder, selecting Properties, clicking the Outlook Address
Book tab, and checking the "Show this folder as an E-mail address
book" box. Make sure you restart Outlook after making these
changes.

--
Jocelyn Fiorello
MVP - Outlook

*** Messages sent to my e-mail address will NOT be answered --
please reply only to the newsgroup to preserve the message
thread. ***


In Diaboyos wrote:

Sorry, Outlook 2002.

"Jocelyn Fiorello [MVP - Outlook]" <[email protected]>
wrote in message What version of Outlook are you using, and if 98 or 2000, what
mail support mode? If you're not sure, look at the second line
of Help
About Microsoft Outlook -- it should say "Internet Mail Only"
or
"Corporate/Workgroup". (Outlook 97, 2002, and 2003 don't have
separate modes.)

--
Jocelyn Fiorello
MVP - Outlook

*** Messages sent to my e-mail address will NOT be answered --
please reply only to the newsgroup to preserve the message
thread. ***


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I exported my contacts into an excel file and successfully
imported it back into a fresh install of Outlook but it does
not work. Using the address book icon the contacts list is
empty and when I create a new msg the list that should be
there of contacts is empty, but when using the Folder List the
contacts are all there. Anyone help with this?
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