Outlook Contacts Organisation

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I have just set up a new folder that is viewable when I click on the My
Contacts section in Outlook 2003.

I now have two of the little cards in the section that show a contact name,
one named contacts and one with a new name.

I have moved on catergory from my old contacts folder to this new one.

Now when I am writing an e-mail and click check names it doesn't check the
names in this new folder. This is something to do with the address book.

To be honest I find the whole address book/folder business confusing.

All I want is the following:

One folder/section for normal contacts and one for recruitment consultants.

I want to be able to auto check the names in both of those and have all the
functions I did before when they were in the other contacts folder but just
seperate them as there are two many.

Does this make sense?
 
Tools | Address Book, then Tools | Options will put you in the dialog where you can tell Outlook what lists in your address book to use for checking names.

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Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003

and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers
 
Darren H said:
I have just set up a new folder that is viewable when I click on the
My Contacts section in Outlook 2003.

I now have two of the little cards in the section that show a contact
name, one named contacts and one with a new name.

I have moved on catergory from my old contacts folder to this new one.

Now when I am writing an e-mail and click check names it doesn't
check the names in this new folder. This is something to do with the
address book.
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Did you right-click your new contacts folder, choose Properties, select the
Outlook Address Book tabe, then check the box labeled "Show this folder as
an e-mail Address Book"? If not, your new folder won't qappear in the
Address Book interface.
To be honest I find the whole address book/folder business confusing.
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You and a lot of others.
 
I have done that, but doesn't that mean I have to select one or the other and
I am not able to do both? To have them together and for it to search both and
not have to select?
 
Outlook searches the available address lists sequentially, in the order that you set in that dialog.

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003

and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers


Darren H said:
I have done that, but doesn't that mean I have to select one or the other and
I am not able to do both? To have them together and for it to search both and
not have to select?
Click to expand...
 
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