Moving Contacts from One Folder to Another - Outlook 2002

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I use Outlook 2002.

I have the standard Contacts folder (which is empty) and two other contact
folders (which contain data).

When I press the Outlook shortcut for Contacts - it takes me to the empty
folder. This is one reason why I want to transfer the data from one of the
two "extra" contac folders into the standard Contact folder.

How can I do this?

PS - You may well have guessed that my next task will be to merge the second
"extra" folder with the standard Contact folder once I have populated this
standard Contact folder as set out above. However, I am sure that we can all
contain our excitement and wait until step 1 is successfully completed.

Thanks in advance for your advice.

Peter
 
Migrate to one of the Contacts Folders that contain data.
Edit > Select All > Edit > Copy to Folder... or Move to Folder...
 
Russ

Thanks for the response. Unfortunately - when I tried to follow your
suggestion - I was only ever able to move the contact details to a SUB folder
of the standard Contact folder - rather than populate this standard Contact
folder with the contents of one of my populated contact folders?

Am I missing something?

Also - is there any way that I can view these postings in discussion groups
without all the control characters showing?

Thanks for helping such a novice!

All the best.

Peter

Russ Valentine said:
Migrate to one of the Contacts Folders that contain data.
Edit > Select All > Edit > Copy to Folder... or Move to Folder...
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Peter Barrett said:
I use Outlook 2002.

I have the standard Contacts folder (which is empty) and two other contact
folders (which contain data).

When I press the Outlook shortcut for Contacts - it takes me to the empty
folder. This is one reason why I want to transfer the data from one of the
two "extra" contac folders into the standard Contact folder.

How can I do this?

PS - You may well have guessed that my next task will be to merge the
second
"extra" folder with the standard Contact folder once I have populated this
standard Contact folder as set out above. However, I am sure that we can
all
contain our excitement and wait until step 1 is successfully completed.

Thanks in advance for your advice.

Peter
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Clarify what you mean.
You can target any folder in your profile as the destination.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Peter Barrett said:
Russ

Thanks for the response. Unfortunately - when I tried to follow your
suggestion - I was only ever able to move the contact details to a SUB
folder
of the standard Contact folder - rather than populate this standard
Contact
folder with the contents of one of my populated contact folders?

Am I missing something?

Also - is there any way that I can view these postings in discussion
groups
without all the control characters showing?

Thanks for helping such a novice!

All the best.

Peter

Russ Valentine said:
Migrate to one of the Contacts Folders that contain data.
Edit > Select All > Edit > Copy to Folder... or Move to Folder...
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Peter Barrett said:
I use Outlook 2002.

I have the standard Contacts folder (which is empty) and two other
contact
folders (which contain data).

When I press the Outlook shortcut for Contacts - it takes me to the
empty
folder. This is one reason why I want to transfer the data from one of
the
two "extra" contac folders into the standard Contact folder.

How can I do this?

PS - You may well have guessed that my next task will be to merge the
second
"extra" folder with the standard Contact folder once I have populated
this
standard Contact folder as set out above. However, I am sure that we
can
all
contain our excitement and wait until step 1 is successfully completed.

Thanks in advance for your advice.

Peter
Click to expand...
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Click to expand...
 
I mean that when I move the contacts - they are in a folder with the same
name as the old folder - but which is now a sub-folder of the standard
Contacts folder. Previously, they were "on the same level" as the standard
Contact folder.

Hope this clarifies and thanks for trying!

Peter

Russ Valentine said:
Clarify what you mean.
You can target any folder in your profile as the destination.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Peter Barrett said:
Russ

Thanks for the response. Unfortunately - when I tried to follow your
suggestion - I was only ever able to move the contact details to a SUB
folder
of the standard Contact folder - rather than populate this standard
Contact
folder with the contents of one of my populated contact folders?

Am I missing something?

Also - is there any way that I can view these postings in discussion
groups
without all the control characters showing?

Thanks for helping such a novice!

All the best.

Peter

Russ Valentine said:
Migrate to one of the Contacts Folders that contain data.
Edit > Select All > Edit > Copy to Folder... or Move to Folder...
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
I use Outlook 2002.

I have the standard Contacts folder (which is empty) and two other
contact
folders (which contain data).

When I press the Outlook shortcut for Contacts - it takes me to the
empty
folder. This is one reason why I want to transfer the data from one of
the
two "extra" contac folders into the standard Contact folder.

How can I do this?

PS - You may well have guessed that my next task will be to merge the
second
"extra" folder with the standard Contact folder once I have populated
this
standard Contact folder as set out above. However, I am sure that we
can
all
contain our excitement and wait until step 1 is successfully completed.

Thanks in advance for your advice.

Peter
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
Perhaps you'd better start at the beginning and tell us what steps you used
to corrupt your profile. Two folders with the same name cannot exist on the
same level.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Peter Barrett said:
I mean that when I move the contacts - they are in a folder with the same
name as the old folder - but which is now a sub-folder of the standard
Contacts folder. Previously, they were "on the same level" as the standard
Contact folder.

Hope this clarifies and thanks for trying!

Peter

Russ Valentine said:
Clarify what you mean.
You can target any folder in your profile as the destination.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Peter Barrett said:
Russ

Thanks for the response. Unfortunately - when I tried to follow your
suggestion - I was only ever able to move the contact details to a SUB
folder
of the standard Contact folder - rather than populate this standard
Contact
folder with the contents of one of my populated contact folders?

Am I missing something?

Also - is there any way that I can view these postings in discussion
groups
without all the control characters showing?

Thanks for helping such a novice!

All the best.

Peter

:

Migrate to one of the Contacts Folders that contain data.
Edit > Select All > Edit > Copy to Folder... or Move to Folder...
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
message
I use Outlook 2002.

I have the standard Contacts folder (which is empty) and two other
contact
folders (which contain data).

When I press the Outlook shortcut for Contacts - it takes me to the
empty
folder. This is one reason why I want to transfer the data from one
of
the
two "extra" contac folders into the standard Contact folder.

How can I do this?

PS - You may well have guessed that my next task will be to merge
the
second
"extra" folder with the standard Contact folder once I have
populated
this
standard Contact folder as set out above. However, I am sure that we
can
all
contain our excitement and wait until step 1 is successfully
completed.

Thanks in advance for your advice.

Peter
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
Russ

I do not THINK that I have a corrupted profile.

Here is a description of what I have:

Under my "Outlook Today" - [Personal Folders] I have three folders of
Contacts. Their names are:
Contacts
Contacts - PJAB
Contacts - PJAB - Old

I am trying to transfer the contents of the Contacts - PJAB folder into the
Contacts folder.

However, I only seem to be able to transfer the whole Contacts - PJAB folder
and end up with it as a sub folder of Contacts (as opposed to transferring
the contents of the folder INTO the Contacts folder)

Does this make any more sense?

Thanks for your continued interest!

Peter

Russ Valentine said:
Perhaps you'd better start at the beginning and tell us what steps you used
to corrupt your profile. Two folders with the same name cannot exist on the
same level.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Peter Barrett said:
I mean that when I move the contacts - they are in a folder with the same
name as the old folder - but which is now a sub-folder of the standard
Contacts folder. Previously, they were "on the same level" as the standard
Contact folder.

Hope this clarifies and thanks for trying!

Peter

Russ Valentine said:
Clarify what you mean.
You can target any folder in your profile as the destination.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Russ

Thanks for the response. Unfortunately - when I tried to follow your
suggestion - I was only ever able to move the contact details to a SUB
folder
of the standard Contact folder - rather than populate this standard
Contact
folder with the contents of one of my populated contact folders?

Am I missing something?

Also - is there any way that I can view these postings in discussion
groups
without all the control characters showing?

Thanks for helping such a novice!

All the best.

Peter

:

Migrate to one of the Contacts Folders that contain data.
Edit > Select All > Edit > Copy to Folder... or Move to Folder...
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
message
I use Outlook 2002.

I have the standard Contacts folder (which is empty) and two other
contact
folders (which contain data).

When I press the Outlook shortcut for Contacts - it takes me to the
empty
folder. This is one reason why I want to transfer the data from one
of
the
two "extra" contac folders into the standard Contact folder.

How can I do this?

PS - You may well have guessed that my next task will be to merge
the
second
"extra" folder with the standard Contact folder once I have
populated
this
standard Contact folder as set out above. However, I am sure that we
can
all
contain our excitement and wait until step 1 is successfully
completed.

Thanks in advance for your advice.

Peter
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
Peter Barrett said:
Here is a description of what I have:

Under my "Outlook Today" - [Personal Folders] I have three folders of
Contacts. Their names are:
Contacts
Contacts - PJAB
Contacts - PJAB - Old

I am trying to transfer the contents of the Contacts - PJAB folder
into the Contacts folder.

However, I only seem to be able to transfer the whole Contacts - PJAB
folder and end up with it as a sub folder of Contacts (as opposed to
transferring the contents of the folder INTO the Contacts folder)
Click to expand...

Open the Contacts - PJAB folder. Select all the Contacts it contains by
selecting the first contact (if not already selected) and then pressing
CTRL-A. Right-click the selection and choose Copy (or Move, depending on
what you want to do). Specify the desired Contacts folder as the
destination.
 
Brian

That's worked - thanks for that!

The secret seems to be actually slecting an individual contact, then using
Select All before moving the data to the desired destination.

Thanks for seeing this through - much appreciated!

Peter

Brian Tillman said:
Peter Barrett said:
Here is a description of what I have:

Under my "Outlook Today" - [Personal Folders] I have three folders of
Contacts. Their names are:
Contacts
Contacts - PJAB
Contacts - PJAB - Old

I am trying to transfer the contents of the Contacts - PJAB folder
into the Contacts folder.

However, I only seem to be able to transfer the whole Contacts - PJAB
folder and end up with it as a sub folder of Contacts (as opposed to
transferring the contents of the folder INTO the Contacts folder)
Click to expand...

Open the Contacts - PJAB folder. Select all the Contacts it contains by
selecting the first contact (if not already selected) and then pressing
CTRL-A. Right-click the selection and choose Copy (or Move, depending on
what you want to do). Specify the desired Contacts folder as the
destination.
Click to expand...
 
Then the instructions I posted would work.
Are you sure you are selecting the contents of the folder and not the folder
itself?
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Peter Barrett said:
Russ

I do not THINK that I have a corrupted profile.

Here is a description of what I have:

Under my "Outlook Today" - [Personal Folders] I have three folders of
Contacts. Their names are:
Contacts
Contacts - PJAB
Contacts - PJAB - Old

I am trying to transfer the contents of the Contacts - PJAB folder into
the
Contacts folder.

However, I only seem to be able to transfer the whole Contacts - PJAB
folder
and end up with it as a sub folder of Contacts (as opposed to transferring
the contents of the folder INTO the Contacts folder)

Does this make any more sense?

Thanks for your continued interest!

Peter

Russ Valentine said:
Perhaps you'd better start at the beginning and tell us what steps you
used
to corrupt your profile. Two folders with the same name cannot exist on
the
same level.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Peter Barrett said:
I mean that when I move the contacts - they are in a folder with the
same
name as the old folder - but which is now a sub-folder of the standard
Contacts folder. Previously, they were "on the same level" as the
standard
Contact folder.

Hope this clarifies and thanks for trying!

Peter

:

Clarify what you mean.
You can target any folder in your profile as the destination.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
message
Russ

Thanks for the response. Unfortunately - when I tried to follow your
suggestion - I was only ever able to move the contact details to a
SUB
folder
of the standard Contact folder - rather than populate this standard
Contact
folder with the contents of one of my populated contact folders?

Am I missing something?

Also - is there any way that I can view these postings in discussion
groups
without all the control characters showing?

Thanks for helping such a novice!

All the best.

Peter

:

Migrate to one of the Contacts Folders that contain data.
Edit > Select All > Edit > Copy to Folder... or Move to Folder...
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
message
I use Outlook 2002.

I have the standard Contacts folder (which is empty) and two
other
contact
folders (which contain data).

When I press the Outlook shortcut for Contacts - it takes me to
the
empty
folder. This is one reason why I want to transfer the data from
one
of
the
two "extra" contac folders into the standard Contact folder.

How can I do this?

PS - You may well have guessed that my next task will be to merge
the
second
"extra" folder with the standard Contact folder once I have
populated
this
standard Contact folder as set out above. However, I am sure that
we
can
all
contain our excitement and wait until step 1 is successfully
completed.

Thanks in advance for your advice.

Peter
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
Russ

I did not mean to imply in my response to Brian that your instructions did
not work - but I did not realise when I read them that I was supposed to
select an INDIVIDUAL contact before pressing Select All.

As I said, I really appreciate your help and am delighted to get this issue
resolved.

All the best

Peter

Russ Valentine said:
Then the instructions I posted would work.
Are you sure you are selecting the contents of the folder and not the folder
itself?
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Peter Barrett said:
Russ

I do not THINK that I have a corrupted profile.

Here is a description of what I have:

Under my "Outlook Today" - [Personal Folders] I have three folders of
Contacts. Their names are:
Contacts
Contacts - PJAB
Contacts - PJAB - Old

I am trying to transfer the contents of the Contacts - PJAB folder into
the
Contacts folder.

However, I only seem to be able to transfer the whole Contacts - PJAB
folder
and end up with it as a sub folder of Contacts (as opposed to transferring
the contents of the folder INTO the Contacts folder)

Does this make any more sense?

Thanks for your continued interest!

Peter

Russ Valentine said:
Perhaps you'd better start at the beginning and tell us what steps you
used
to corrupt your profile. Two folders with the same name cannot exist on
the
same level.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
I mean that when I move the contacts - they are in a folder with the
same
name as the old folder - but which is now a sub-folder of the standard
Contacts folder. Previously, they were "on the same level" as the
standard
Contact folder.

Hope this clarifies and thanks for trying!

Peter

:

Clarify what you mean.
You can target any folder in your profile as the destination.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
message
Russ

Thanks for the response. Unfortunately - when I tried to follow your
suggestion - I was only ever able to move the contact details to a
SUB
folder
of the standard Contact folder - rather than populate this standard
Contact
folder with the contents of one of my populated contact folders?

Am I missing something?

Also - is there any way that I can view these postings in discussion
groups
without all the control characters showing?

Thanks for helping such a novice!

All the best.

Peter

:

Migrate to one of the Contacts Folders that contain data.
Edit > Select All > Edit > Copy to Folder... or Move to Folder...
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
message
I use Outlook 2002.

I have the standard Contacts folder (which is empty) and two
other
contact
folders (which contain data).

When I press the Outlook shortcut for Contacts - it takes me to
the
empty
folder. This is one reason why I want to transfer the data from
one
of
the
two "extra" contac folders into the standard Contact folder.

How can I do this?

PS - You may well have guessed that my next task will be to merge
the
second
"extra" folder with the standard Contact folder once I have
populated
this
standard Contact folder as set out above. However, I am sure that
we
can
all
contain our excitement and wait until step 1 is successfully
completed.

Thanks in advance for your advice.

Peter
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
Actually that's not a necessary step most of the time. Most Contact views
will place the screen focus within the Contacts Folder and highlight the
first Contact. A few views place the focus on the folder itself. Only then
would you need to click into the folder to select all the contents. Just
depends on what view you're using.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Peter Barrett said:
Russ

I did not mean to imply in my response to Brian that your instructions did
not work - but I did not realise when I read them that I was supposed to
select an INDIVIDUAL contact before pressing Select All.

As I said, I really appreciate your help and am delighted to get this
issue
resolved.

All the best

Peter

Russ Valentine said:
Then the instructions I posted would work.
Are you sure you are selecting the contents of the folder and not the
folder
itself?
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Peter Barrett said:
Russ

I do not THINK that I have a corrupted profile.

Here is a description of what I have:

Under my "Outlook Today" - [Personal Folders] I have three folders of
Contacts. Their names are:
Contacts
Contacts - PJAB
Contacts - PJAB - Old

I am trying to transfer the contents of the Contacts - PJAB folder into
the
Contacts folder.

However, I only seem to be able to transfer the whole Contacts - PJAB
folder
and end up with it as a sub folder of Contacts (as opposed to
transferring
the contents of the folder INTO the Contacts folder)

Does this make any more sense?

Thanks for your continued interest!

Peter

:

Perhaps you'd better start at the beginning and tell us what steps you
used
to corrupt your profile. Two folders with the same name cannot exist
on
the
same level.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
message
I mean that when I move the contacts - they are in a folder with the
same
name as the old folder - but which is now a sub-folder of the
standard
Contacts folder. Previously, they were "on the same level" as the
standard
Contact folder.

Hope this clarifies and thanks for trying!

Peter

:

Clarify what you mean.
You can target any folder in your profile as the destination.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
message
Russ

Thanks for the response. Unfortunately - when I tried to follow
your
suggestion - I was only ever able to move the contact details to
a
SUB
folder
of the standard Contact folder - rather than populate this
standard
Contact
folder with the contents of one of my populated contact folders?

Am I missing something?

Also - is there any way that I can view these postings in
discussion
groups
without all the control characters showing?

Thanks for helping such a novice!

All the best.

Peter

:

Migrate to one of the Contacts Folders that contain data.
Edit > Select All > Edit > Copy to Folder... or Move to
Folder...
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
in
message
I use Outlook 2002.

I have the standard Contacts folder (which is empty) and two
other
contact
folders (which contain data).

When I press the Outlook shortcut for Contacts - it takes me
to
the
empty
folder. This is one reason why I want to transfer the data
from
one
of
the
two "extra" contac folders into the standard Contact folder.

How can I do this?

PS - You may well have guessed that my next task will be to
merge
the
second
"extra" folder with the standard Contact folder once I have
populated
this
standard Contact folder as set out above. However, I am sure
that
we
can
all
contain our excitement and wait until step 1 is successfully
completed.

Thanks in advance for your advice.

Peter
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
Russ

FYI - I was using the "By Category" view.

Thanks for your help.

Peter

Russ Valentine said:
Actually that's not a necessary step most of the time. Most Contact views
will place the screen focus within the Contacts Folder and highlight the
first Contact. A few views place the focus on the folder itself. Only then
would you need to click into the folder to select all the contents. Just
depends on what view you're using.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Peter Barrett said:
Russ

I did not mean to imply in my response to Brian that your instructions did
not work - but I did not realise when I read them that I was supposed to
select an INDIVIDUAL contact before pressing Select All.

As I said, I really appreciate your help and am delighted to get this
issue
resolved.

All the best

Peter

Russ Valentine said:
Then the instructions I posted would work.
Are you sure you are selecting the contents of the folder and not the
folder
itself?
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Russ

I do not THINK that I have a corrupted profile.

Here is a description of what I have:

Under my "Outlook Today" - [Personal Folders] I have three folders of
Contacts. Their names are:
Contacts
Contacts - PJAB
Contacts - PJAB - Old

I am trying to transfer the contents of the Contacts - PJAB folder into
the
Contacts folder.

However, I only seem to be able to transfer the whole Contacts - PJAB
folder
and end up with it as a sub folder of Contacts (as opposed to
transferring
the contents of the folder INTO the Contacts folder)

Does this make any more sense?

Thanks for your continued interest!

Peter

:

Perhaps you'd better start at the beginning and tell us what steps you
used
to corrupt your profile. Two folders with the same name cannot exist
on
the
same level.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
message
I mean that when I move the contacts - they are in a folder with the
same
name as the old folder - but which is now a sub-folder of the
standard
Contacts folder. Previously, they were "on the same level" as the
standard
Contact folder.

Hope this clarifies and thanks for trying!

Peter

:

Clarify what you mean.
You can target any folder in your profile as the destination.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
message
Russ

Thanks for the response. Unfortunately - when I tried to follow
your
suggestion - I was only ever able to move the contact details to
a
SUB
folder
of the standard Contact folder - rather than populate this
standard
Contact
folder with the contents of one of my populated contact folders?

Am I missing something?

Also - is there any way that I can view these postings in
discussion
groups
without all the control characters showing?

Thanks for helping such a novice!

All the best.

Peter

:

Migrate to one of the Contacts Folders that contain data.
Edit > Select All > Edit > Copy to Folder... or Move to
Folder...
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
in
message
I use Outlook 2002.

I have the standard Contacts folder (which is empty) and two
other
contact
folders (which contain data).

When I press the Outlook shortcut for Contacts - it takes me
to
the
empty
folder. This is one reason why I want to transfer the data
from
one
of
the
two "extra" contac folders into the standard Contact folder.

How can I do this?

PS - You may well have guessed that my next task will be to
merge
the
second
"extra" folder with the standard Contact folder once I have
populated
this
standard Contact folder as set out above. However, I am sure
that
we
can
all
contain our excitement and wait until step 1 is successfully
completed.

Thanks in advance for your advice.

Peter
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