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How do you enabled your contacts folder as an address book?
"WD" wrote in message ... I have Outlook 2007 and Windows 7 and as you stated my problem is a "bug" how do I fix it. How to create a new Outlook Profile: http://gordonb-p.spaces.live.com/blo...993!2534.entry |
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How do you enabled your contacts folder as an address book?
Thanks, It worked.
"WD" wrote: Am I missisng something? I received the post that is in everyone's box but not the instructions on how to sovle my problem. "WD" wrote: I have Outlook 2007 and Windows 7 and as you stated my problem is a "bug" how do I fix it. "Diane Poremsky [MVP]" wrote: Since you are using Outlook 2007, you'll need to make a new profile to fix - see the last line. --- If you have Contacts in the Contacts folder but they are not accessible when you click on the To button, check these settings: Make sure the Contact folder is enabled as an email address book. Right click the Contacts folder, choose Properties then Outlook Address Book. Is the box to enable as email address book is checked? If this is grayed out... Go to Tools | Email Accounts, choose View or change existing directories or address book. Is the Outlook Address Book present? If it isn't listed, add it and close and restart Outlook. If it is listed, then remove it and close then restart Outlook and repeat these steps to add it. == If you are using Outlook 2007 and the the checkbox is grayed, you'll need to make a new profile as you can't add the Outlook Address Book service due to a bug. --- -- Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook] Outlook Tips: http://www.outlook-tips.net/ Outlook & Exchange Solutions Center: http://www.slipstick.com Outlook Tips by email: EMO - a weekly newsletter about Outlook and Exchange: You can access this newsgroup by visiting http://www.microsoft.com/office/comm...s/default.mspx or point your newsreader to msnews.microsoft.com. "bcoll" wrote in message ... I am using Vista and Office 2007, too. I had the grayed out box for "Show this folder as the email address book". I tried your suggestion of overwriting Contacts, but the computer won't let me delete or overwrite "Contacts". So, I have a bunch of names in my contacts but no way to access them from an address book. Any other suggestions? Thanks, Beth "venniey" wrote: That grayed out box happened in my case also. I have a vista, Office 2007 and i was trapped with only a contact lis. I solved this issue by right clicking on the Contacts bar, right above New Group,got the properties option, clicked on the Addree Book tab and overwrote Contacts with Address book. Done, now my formerly Contacts list is all in my Address Book. "carolpm" wrote: IanRoy, I am using Word 2000 and Outlook 2000. I did right click on Contacts and thenon Properties. I get the Contacts Properties box and I then click on Outlook Address Book tab and at the top it says Contacts and there is a check mark in the box next to the wording: "Show this folder as the email address book" but the box and check mark is grayed out. Any other suggestions as to why I cannot access the address book when I use th Word program and use Send to Email Recipient function ? Thanks, Paul "IanRoy" wrote: Hi, Paul; I am using Outlook 2003. However, I have a tutorial for Outlook 2000, and that shows "Folder" as one of the items in the File menu for the Inbox for that version. My tutorial doesn't show the file menu for the Contacts folder, so I am not sure "Folder" is there also, but I would have expected it. If you are using personalized menus, did you wait for the full menu to appear? Another way: If right-clicking Contacts in the Outlook Bar desn't give you a "Properties" option, open the folder list (from the View Menu in Outlook 2000). Then right click the Contacts folder on that list, and choose Properties. I don't know what you will see when you get there, but that is where I'd look. If you are not using Word 2000, you may not get this function to work with Outlook 2000. I am not sure, but they may have to be the same version/year. Regards, Ian. "carolpm" wrote: IanRoy, It was a longer hal time show so I went to try what you suggested. I am using Oulook 2000 - I can't find any of the items you are mentioning. I click on File, but I don't see Folder and thenI can't go any further. Are you using Outlook 2003 ? Please let me know. Thaank you, Paul |
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How do you enabled your contacts folder as an address book?
What hasn't been made clear in these discussions is that there is apparently
an incompatibility between older Outlook pst files and newer ones. This is the bug that Diane is talking about. So... To those still looking for the fix. 0) Export your contacts. A Comma delimited file will be fine. This is just in case you don't care to import your old mail to your new profile. 1) Close Outlook completely (No quick start toolbars, OK?) 2) Go to the Control Panel = Mail (possibly Control Panel = User Accounts = Mail, depending on how your folder views are defined.) 3) Setup a new mail profile, and just let Outlook decide where to put things. 4) Make sure "Show Names from the Contacts" is checked (as discussed elsewhere in this thread.) 5) IMPORT old mail - don't just 'point' Outlook at the old data file in the account properties dialog. Importing will convert your file's format to the version of Outlook you are using. If you don't want all that crummy old mail, just import the contacts that exported in step zero. ciao "Diane Poremsky [MVP]" wrote: Since you are using Outlook 2007, you'll need to make a new profile to fix - see the last line. --- If you have Contacts in the Contacts folder but they are not accessible when you click on the To button, check these settings: Make sure the Contact folder is enabled as an email address book. Right click the Contacts folder, choose Properties then Outlook Address Book. Is the box to enable as email address book is checked? If this is grayed out... Go to Tools | Email Accounts, choose View or change existing directories or address book. Is the Outlook Address Book present? If it isn't listed, add it and close and restart Outlook. If it is listed, then remove it and close then restart Outlook and repeat these steps to add it. == If you are using Outlook 2007 and the the checkbox is grayed, you'll need to make a new profile as you can't add the Outlook Address Book service due to a bug. --- -- Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook] Outlook Tips: http://www.outlook-tips.net/ Outlook & Exchange Solutions Center: http://www.slipstick.com Outlook Tips by email: EMO - a weekly newsletter about Outlook and Exchange: You can access this newsgroup by visiting http://www.microsoft.com/office/comm...s/default.mspx or point your newsreader to msnews.microsoft.com. "bcoll" wrote in message ... I am using Vista and Office 2007, too. I had the grayed out box for "Show this folder as the email address book". I tried your suggestion of overwriting Contacts, but the computer won't let me delete or overwrite "Contacts". So, I have a bunch of names in my contacts but no way to access them from an address book. Any other suggestions? Thanks, Beth "venniey" wrote: That grayed out box happened in my case also. I have a vista, Office 2007 and i was trapped with only a contact lis. I solved this issue by right clicking on the Contacts bar, right above New Group,got the properties option, clicked on the Addree Book tab and overwrote Contacts with Address book. Done, now my formerly Contacts list is all in my Address Book. "carolpm" wrote: IanRoy, I am using Word 2000 and Outlook 2000. I did right click on Contacts and thenon Properties. I get the Contacts Properties box and I then click on Outlook Address Book tab and at the top it says Contacts and there is a check mark in the box next to the wording: "Show this folder as the email address book" but the box and check mark is grayed out. Any other suggestions as to why I cannot access the address book when I use th Word program and use Send to Email Recipient function ? Thanks, Paul "IanRoy" wrote: Hi, Paul; I am using Outlook 2003. However, I have a tutorial for Outlook 2000, and that shows "Folder" as one of the items in the File menu for the Inbox for that version. My tutorial doesn't show the file menu for the Contacts folder, so I am not sure "Folder" is there also, but I would have expected it. If you are using personalized menus, did you wait for the full menu to appear? Another way: If right-clicking Contacts in the Outlook Bar desn't give you a "Properties" option, open the folder list (from the View Menu in Outlook 2000). Then right click the Contacts folder on that list, and choose Properties. I don't know what you will see when you get there, but that is where I'd look. If you are not using Word 2000, you may not get this function to work with Outlook 2000. I am not sure, but they may have to be the same version/year. Regards, Ian. "carolpm" wrote: IanRoy, It was a longer hal time show so I went to try what you suggested. I am using Oulook 2000 - I can't find any of the items you are mentioning. I click on File, but I don't see Folder and thenI can't go any further. Are you using Outlook 2003 ? Please let me know. Thaank you, Paul |
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How do you enabled your contacts folder as an address book?
This is "advice" no one should follow. There is never any reason to export
and import Outlook data using non-Outlook format. -- Russ Valentine "BCountry [ex MSFT]" BCountry [ex wrote in message ... What hasn't been made clear in these discussions is that there is apparently an incompatibility between older Outlook pst files and newer ones. This is the bug that Diane is talking about. So... To those still looking for the fix. 0) Export your contacts. A Comma delimited file will be fine. This is just in case you don't care to import your old mail to your new profile. 1) Close Outlook completely (No quick start toolbars, OK?) 2) Go to the Control Panel = Mail (possibly Control Panel = User Accounts = Mail, depending on how your folder views are defined.) 3) Setup a new mail profile, and just let Outlook decide where to put things. 4) Make sure "Show Names from the Contacts" is checked (as discussed elsewhere in this thread.) 5) IMPORT old mail - don't just 'point' Outlook at the old data file in the account properties dialog. Importing will convert your file's format to the version of Outlook you are using. If you don't want all that crummy old mail, just import the contacts that exported in step zero. ciao "Diane Poremsky [MVP]" wrote: Since you are using Outlook 2007, you'll need to make a new profile to fix - see the last line. --- If you have Contacts in the Contacts folder but they are not accessible when you click on the To button, check these settings: Make sure the Contact folder is enabled as an email address book. Right click the Contacts folder, choose Properties then Outlook Address Book. Is the box to enable as email address book is checked? If this is grayed out... Go to Tools | Email Accounts, choose View or change existing directories or address book. Is the Outlook Address Book present? If it isn't listed, add it and close and restart Outlook. If it is listed, then remove it and close then restart Outlook and repeat these steps to add it. == If you are using Outlook 2007 and the the checkbox is grayed, you'll need to make a new profile as you can't add the Outlook Address Book service due to a bug. --- -- Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook] Outlook Tips: http://www.outlook-tips.net/ Outlook & Exchange Solutions Center: http://www.slipstick.com Outlook Tips by email: EMO - a weekly newsletter about Outlook and Exchange: You can access this newsgroup by visiting http://www.microsoft.com/office/comm...s/default.mspx or point your newsreader to msnews.microsoft.com. "bcoll" wrote in message ... I am using Vista and Office 2007, too. I had the grayed out box for "Show this folder as the email address book". I tried your suggestion of overwriting Contacts, but the computer won't let me delete or overwrite "Contacts". So, I have a bunch of names in my contacts but no way to access them from an address book. Any other suggestions? Thanks, Beth "venniey" wrote: That grayed out box happened in my case also. I have a vista, Office 2007 and i was trapped with only a contact lis. I solved this issue by right clicking on the Contacts bar, right above New Group,got the properties option, clicked on the Addree Book tab and overwrote Contacts with Address book. Done, now my formerly Contacts list is all in my Address Book. "carolpm" wrote: IanRoy, I am using Word 2000 and Outlook 2000. I did right click on Contacts and thenon Properties. I get the Contacts Properties box and I then click on Outlook Address Book tab and at the top it says Contacts and there is a check mark in the box next to the wording: "Show this folder as the email address book" but the box and check mark is grayed out. Any other suggestions as to why I cannot access the address book when I use th Word program and use Send to Email Recipient function ? Thanks, Paul "IanRoy" wrote: Hi, Paul; I am using Outlook 2003. However, I have a tutorial for Outlook 2000, and that shows "Folder" as one of the items in the File menu for the Inbox for that version. My tutorial doesn't show the file menu for the Contacts folder, so I am not sure "Folder" is there also, but I would have expected it. If you are using personalized menus, did you wait for the full menu to appear? Another way: If right-clicking Contacts in the Outlook Bar desn't give you a "Properties" option, open the folder list (from the View Menu in Outlook 2000). Then right click the Contacts folder on that list, and choose Properties. I don't know what you will see when you get there, but that is where I'd look. If you are not using Word 2000, you may not get this function to work with Outlook 2000. I am not sure, but they may have to be the same version/year. Regards, Ian. "carolpm" wrote: IanRoy, It was a longer hal time show so I went to try what you suggested. I am using Oulook 2000 - I can't find any of the items you are mentioning. I click on File, but I don't see Folder and thenI can't go any further. Are you using Outlook 2003 ? Please let me know. Thaank you, Paul |
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How do you enabled your contacts folder as an address book?
"BCountry [ex MSFT]" BCountry [ex wrote in
message ... What hasn't been made clear in these discussions is that there is apparently an incompatibility between older Outlook pst files and newer ones. This is the bug that Diane is talking about. There is no incompatibility that prevents older PSTs from being used in the latest Outlook. 0) Export your contacts. A Comma delimited file will be fine. This is just in case you don't care to import your old mail to your new profile. BAD idea! 5) IMPORT old mail - don't just 'point' Outlook at the old data file in the account properties dialog. Importing will convert your file's format to the version of Outlook you are using. BAD idea! -- Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook] |
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How do you enabled your contacts folder as an address book?
what if it is grayed out and does not let you check this box?
"IanRoy" wrote: Found additional info, if you don't see "Contacts" in the dropdown I mentioned: Open your contacts folder. Then File Folder Properties for "Contacts" Outlook Address Book. Check "Show this folder as an e-mail address book." "IanRoy" wrote: It doesn't appear to be. Have you tried "Show Names from the: Contacts" instead of "Show Names from the: Outlook Address Book" at the upper right of the "Select Names" dialog? "carolpm" wrote: ...Does it mean you can build a Contact List in Outlook and this really isn't also the Address Book ? Please someone help. Thank you,. Paul |
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How do you enabled your contacts folder as an address book?
Then you have corrupted your profile.
Create a new one. -- Russ Valentine "CoxFamiyFarm" wrote in message ... what if it is grayed out and does not let you check this box? "IanRoy" wrote: Found additional info, if you don't see "Contacts" in the dropdown I mentioned: Open your contacts folder. Then File Folder Properties for "Contacts" Outlook Address Book. Check "Show this folder as an e-mail address book." "IanRoy" wrote: It doesn't appear to be. Have you tried "Show Names from the: Contacts" instead of "Show Names from the: Outlook Address Book" at the upper right of the "Select Names" dialog? "carolpm" wrote: ...Does it mean you can build a Contact List in Outlook and this really isn't also the Address Book ? Please someone help. Thank you,. Paul |
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