Making Business Contacts the default Contacts folder for everythin

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Please help me find a way to confidently use BC as my sole Contacts. This
means:

I can drag an email to the Contacts button on the Navigation Bar or to the
BC folder and have it save the contact info in BC

I can address an email and it chooses from BC

I can click on Contacts in the Navigation Bar and BC shows up

I can create a distribution list and save it in BC
 
1. Contact button on navigation bar is linked to Outlook contacts folder, so
you won't be able to drop email on nav pane and create business contact.
However, you can do that by dropping email on Business Contacts folder.
2. You can do this buy changing the order in Address Book dialog. Open
Address Book. Click Tools->Options and you will see the ordering of various
address book. You can move Business Contacts on top so Outlook will resolve
from BC first.
3. Unfortunately, Outlook navigation bar is not customizable so you can set
the contacts button to display BC folder. However, in an Outlook session,
Outlook will remember your navigation. If you click Contacts button and
display BC folder, Outlook will remember that setting as long as Outlook is
running. Restarting OL will reset it though.
4. BC folder doesn't allow distribution list. You can create DL in OL
contacts folder and select members from BC folder.
 
Mukesh,

Thank you. This morning #1 wasn't working, but now it is.

Mukesh Agarwal said:
1. Contact button on navigation bar is linked to Outlook contacts folder, so
you won't be able to drop email on nav pane and create business contact.
However, you can do that by dropping email on Business Contacts folder.
2. You can do this buy changing the order in Address Book dialog. Open
Address Book. Click Tools->Options and you will see the ordering of various
address book. You can move Business Contacts on top so Outlook will resolve
from BC first.
3. Unfortunately, Outlook navigation bar is not customizable so you can set
the contacts button to display BC folder. However, in an Outlook session,
Outlook will remember your navigation. If you click Contacts button and
display BC folder, Outlook will remember that setting as long as Outlook is
running. Restarting OL will reset it though.
4. BC folder doesn't allow distribution list. You can create DL in OL
contacts folder and select members from BC folder.


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New to BCM said:
Please help me find a way to confidently use BC as my sole Contacts. This
means:

I can drag an email to the Contacts button on the Navigation Bar or to the
BC folder and have it save the contact info in BC

I can address an email and it chooses from BC

I can click on Contacts in the Navigation Bar and BC shows up

I can create a distribution list and save it in BC
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Good answer.

Can you explain why BC does not allow a Distribution List? If I understand
MSFT's thinking behind the program, then I'll understand better when I should
use BC and when I should use regular contacts.

So far, I'm not getting enough "bang for the buck" out of BC, which is the
only reason why I upgraded from Office Standard to Office Professional 2007.

Mukesh Agarwal said:
1. Contact button on navigation bar is linked to Outlook contacts folder, so
you won't be able to drop email on nav pane and create business contact.
However, you can do that by dropping email on Business Contacts folder.
2. You can do this buy changing the order in Address Book dialog. Open
Address Book. Click Tools->Options and you will see the ordering of various
address book. You can move Business Contacts on top so Outlook will resolve
from BC first.
3. Unfortunately, Outlook navigation bar is not customizable so you can set
the contacts button to display BC folder. However, in an Outlook session,
Outlook will remember your navigation. If you click Contacts button and
display BC folder, Outlook will remember that setting as long as Outlook is
running. Restarting OL will reset it though.
4. BC folder doesn't allow distribution list. You can create DL in OL
contacts folder and select members from BC folder.


--
Mukesh Agarwal [MSFT]
Visit team blog at http://blogs.msdn.com/bcm

This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights
New to BCM said:
Please help me find a way to confidently use BC as my sole Contacts. This
means:

I can drag an email to the Contacts button on the Navigation Bar or to the
BC folder and have it save the contact info in BC

I can address an email and it chooses from BC

I can click on Contacts in the Navigation Bar and BC shows up

I can create a distribution list and save it in BC
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
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