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Outlook 2007 Categories are not being recognized
I just upgraded from Outlook 2003 on my XP machiene to 2007 on my new Windows
7 PC. My problem is that I have about 11 categories of contacts, however other applications, such as when i print labels in Microsoft Word are only recognizing the "contacts" folder and none of the sub folders. Any ideas on whats going on? |
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Outlook 2007 Categories are not being recognized
Do you have 11 categories or 11 contacts folders? Did you enable all folders
as contacts folders? FWIW, we don't recommend using folders to sort contacts, we recommend using categories and views to filter out categories. -- 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: Poll: What version of Outlook do you use? http://forums.slipstick.com/showthread.php?t=27072 "msetyon" wrote in message ... I just upgraded from Outlook 2003 on my XP machiene to 2007 on my new Windows 7 PC. My problem is that I have about 11 categories of contacts, however other applications, such as when i print labels in Microsoft Word are only recognizing the "contacts" folder and none of the sub folders. Any ideas on whats going on? |
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Outlook 2007 Categories are not being recognized
"msetyon" wrote in message ... I just upgraded from Outlook 2003 on my XP machiene to 2007 on my new Windows 7 PC. My problem is that I have about 11 categories of contacts, however other applications, such as when i print labels in Microsoft Word are only recognizing the "contacts" folder and none of the sub folders. Any ideas on whats going on? Just to be clear, Outlook Categories are NOT the same as sub-folders in your Contacts folder - they are completely different. AFAIK Word will only use the main Contacts folder. Your best bet is to actually use Categories as they are meant to be used. Create a Category that is named after each of your sub-folders. Then add that category to each contact in the sub-folder (you can do them all at once by selecting all the Contacts in the folder and do Actions-Categorize) and then move those contacts back into the main Contacts folder. |
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Outlook 2007 Categories are not being recognized
FYI, depending on what you are doing, Word can use any address list in the
profile (when it uses the address book service) and if all else fails, start the merge in Outlook. -- 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: Poll: What version of Outlook do you use? http://forums.slipstick.com/showthread.php?t=27072 "Gordon" wrote in message ... "msetyon" wrote in message ... I just upgraded from Outlook 2003 on my XP machiene to 2007 on my new Windows 7 PC. My problem is that I have about 11 categories of contacts, however other applications, such as when i print labels in Microsoft Word are only recognizing the "contacts" folder and none of the sub folders. Any ideas on whats going on? Just to be clear, Outlook Categories are NOT the same as sub-folders in your Contacts folder - they are completely different. AFAIK Word will only use the main Contacts folder. Your best bet is to actually use Categories as they are meant to be used. Create a Category that is named after each of your sub-folders. Then add that category to each contact in the sub-folder (you can do them all at once by selecting all the Contacts in the folder and do Actions-Categorize) and then move those contacts back into the main Contacts folder. |
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Outlook 2007 Categories are not being recognized
"Diane Poremsky [MVP]" wrote in message ... FYI, depending on what you are doing, Word can use any address list in the profile (when it uses the address book service) and if all else fails, start the merge in Outlook. Thanks - I knew it could see separate Contacts folders if set as Outlook Addressbook, but I didn't think it would see sub-folders of a Contacts folder... |
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Outlook 2007 Categories are not being recognized
Well, they do need to be enabled as Outlook address books to be seen -
unless you're doing a merge and starting it from Outlook. -- 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: Poll: What version of Outlook do you use? http://forums.slipstick.com/showthread.php?t=27072 "Gordon" wrote in message ... "Diane Poremsky [MVP]" wrote in message ... FYI, depending on what you are doing, Word can use any address list in the profile (when it uses the address book service) and if all else fails, start the merge in Outlook. Thanks - I knew it could see separate Contacts folders if set as Outlook Addressbook, but I didn't think it would see sub-folders of a Contacts folder... |
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