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Our company would like to be able to have any user search for any outlook item by category, and be able to access emails (which include maps to customer's physical sites), and public folder contacts. Is there a way to save each users' emails, with a category, to a shared (or public) folder? I saw elsewhere that the only way to get consistent categories for all users is by using a "form". Is this still the case? We have Outlook 2000 running on Windows NT.
 
Nothing has changed in the way Outlook categories work. Each user has their
own Master Category list. Any user can use apply any category they want to
an item unless you enforce category selection with a custom form or some
other code solution. See http://www.slipstick.com/outlook/olcat.htm for more
information on this issue.
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Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of
Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers


Our company would like to be able to have any user search for any outlook
item by category, and be able to access emails (which include maps to
customer's physical sites), and public folder contacts. Is there a way to
save each users' emails, with a category, to a shared (or public) folder? I
saw elsewhere that the only way to get consistent categories for all users
is by using a "form". Is this still the case? We have Outlook 2000 running
on Windows NT.
 
The master category list is private and individual to each user. There is
nothing to "save" to a server. There are, however, third-party tools that
offer centralized category management. See
http://www.slipstick.com/outlook/olcat.htm

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of
Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers



Susan said:
We are having a similar problem and are running TWO versions of OL (2002 &
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2003) using MS Exchange. Can I save the Master Category List to the Server
for everyone to access?
 
Yes, I have looked at that page, but it shows minimum direction and also separates the versions. I quess I need the "...for Dummies" directions. I have never worked in the Registry.
 
Is there a way that does not involve using the registry? Someone explained a way to me before but it was not sucessful.
 
Since the master category list lives in the registry, you must either edit
the registry or use a tool that edits the registry.

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of
Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers



Susan said:
Is there a way that does not involve using the registry? Someone
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explained a way to me before but it was not sucessful.
 
Hi Susan

Have a look at www.olcat.com. OLCat has been designed to make sharing
categories easier. As Sue says, whatever you do with categories involves
working with the registry, but OLCat makes it more straightforward.

Regards

Jacques Francis

Susan said:
Is there a way that does not involve using the registry? Someone
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explained a way to me before but it was not sucessful.
 
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