Outlook XP - Contacts v OAB

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What's the difference between "Contacts" and "Outlook Address Book"?

Do I really need two separate address books? Office XP has the following
Setup options for Outlook:
- Address Book Control
- Outlook Address Book (MAPI/Messaging)

What's the difference? Can I install one and not the other? Which one is
better and why?
 
This is a confusing one because of naming conventions that are in use or
have been used, basically you can have Contacts without the Outlook Address
Book (service) but you then wont be able use the Contacts when addressing an
email by using the TO button. Also OAB usually refers to the Offline Address
Book (see what I mean about naming conventions). Finally where exactly are
you seeing the "address book control" as its not a dialogue that's common!
 
SeaMaid said:
What's the difference between "Contacts" and "Outlook Address Book"?
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The Contacts folder is where your contacts are stored in Outlook. The
Outlook Address Book is an interface into that Contacts folder that makes
the contacts and their addresses available when you wish to send mail.
 
"Address Book Control" is not a dialog box or menu. It's part of Office XP
Setup, where you customize the features you want to install. Here is what I
have chosen for Outlook.

*=Installed
1=Installed on 1st use
X=Not available

(*) Microsoft Outlook for Windows
(*) Help
(*) Importers and Exporters
(1) Act 3.0
(1) Act 2.0
(*) Text (DOS)
(*) Text (Win)
(1) ODBC
(1) Ecco
(1) Lotus Organizer
(*) PAB
(1) Schedule Plus
(1) Schedule Plus Interchange
(1) Stationery [HTML templates for personalizing your email]
(1) Outlook Stationery - Basic Files
(1) Outlook Stationery - Extended Files
(1) Junk E-mail [Filter junk & adult content email from your Inbox]
(1) Address Book Control [Select from your OAB when entering email
addresses on certain web pages]
(*) Visual Basic Scripting Support [Debugging tool for VB Scripting
Edition. Used to automate Outlook custom forms.]
(X) Collaboration Data Objects [Desktop version of MS Exchange Server
Object Programming Library.]
(1) Schedule Plus
(*) Outlook Template Files
(*) Outlook Messaging Components
(*) Outlook MAPI Service Providers
(*) Outlook Address Book
(1) Microsoft Exchange Server [MAPI Provider]
(1) Microsoft LDAP Directory [MAPI Provider]
(1) Personal Folders [97, 98, and 2000 format]

I use Outlook Express for email/news and use Outlook only for its Calendar.
I use a third-party program for addresses, but it was designed for Win95 and
does not support multiple users on XP. I am looking for a better way to
store my addresses/contacts on a shared PC. I am also looking for a calendar
and appointment program, in case there's one that's better than Outlook. My
home network does not use a server or domain. It is a P2P workgroup to share
files and printers. We are interested in being able to import contacts and
address books rather easily between users and computers.
 
Ahh right, I usually just right click the root of setup and install
everything :), well if you're happy with Outlook Express then I wouldn't
worry about the extra stuff in Outlook, you wont be saving any space by
removing them and you might always decide later to go one stop shop for
emails, calendar and contacts in the future. Outlook Express and Outlook
will both export and import their contact information to a CSV format and
the import/export process is very quick to complete.
SeaMaid said:
"Address Book Control" is not a dialog box or menu. It's part of Office XP
Setup, where you customize the features you want to install. Here is what
I have chosen for Outlook.

*=Installed
1=Installed on 1st use
X=Not available

(*) Microsoft Outlook for Windows
(*) Help
(*) Importers and Exporters
(1) Act 3.0
(1) Act 2.0
(*) Text (DOS)
(*) Text (Win)
(1) ODBC
(1) Ecco
(1) Lotus Organizer
(*) PAB
(1) Schedule Plus
(1) Schedule Plus Interchange
(1) Stationery [HTML templates for personalizing your email]
(1) Outlook Stationery - Basic Files
(1) Outlook Stationery - Extended Files
(1) Junk E-mail [Filter junk & adult content email from your Inbox]
(1) Address Book Control [Select from your OAB when entering email
addresses on certain web pages]
(*) Visual Basic Scripting Support [Debugging tool for VB Scripting
Edition. Used to automate Outlook custom forms.]
(X) Collaboration Data Objects [Desktop version of MS Exchange Server
Object Programming Library.]
(1) Schedule Plus
(*) Outlook Template Files
(*) Outlook Messaging Components
(*) Outlook MAPI Service Providers
(*) Outlook Address Book
(1) Microsoft Exchange Server [MAPI Provider]
(1) Microsoft LDAP Directory [MAPI Provider]
(1) Personal Folders [97, 98, and 2000 format]

I use Outlook Express for email/news and use Outlook only for its
Calendar. I use a third-party program for addresses, but it was designed
for Win95 and does not support multiple users on XP. I am looking for a
better way to store my addresses/contacts on a shared PC. I am also
looking for a calendar and appointment program, in case there's one that's
better than Outlook. My home network does not use a server or domain. It
is a P2P workgroup to share files and printers. We are interested in being
able to import contacts and address books rather easily between users and
computers.


Noel All said:
where exactly are you seeing the "address book control" as its not a
dialogue that's common!
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