can you color code contacts

Is there any way to color code the text or highlight contacks in Outlook 2003
so that as sales people we can look at our shared contacts and know who has
what account?

"shayshay" wrote in message
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Is there any way to color code the text or highlight contacks in Outlook
2003
so that as sales people we can look at our shared contacts and know who has
what account?

See if these help:
http://www.howto-outlook.com/howto/coloremail.htm
http://www.howto-outlook.com/howto/c...iladvanced.htm
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Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]

"Brian Tillman [MVP - Outlook]" wrote in message
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See if these help:
http://www.howto-outlook.com/howto/coloremail.htm
http://www.howto-outlook.com/howto/c...iladvanced.htm

When I read your message the first time, I took it to mean that you wanted to
color-code certain messages from particular contacts. Rereading your message
makes me doubt my initial interpretation. I can't think of a way you can
color-code your Contacts records in Outlook 2003. Coloring is done by labels,
which is a property of Calendar items and not Contact items. You can't add
labels to Contacts in Outlook 2003.

You can, however, use categories and create views of your contacts based on
those categories. It won't be colored, but it will allow you to manage the
contacts more easily. In Outlook 2007, color properties are tied to
categories, but I haven't experimented with seeing if I could use categories
to show contacts in color. I'll take a look.
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Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]

"Brian Tillman [MVP - Outlook]" wrote in message
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In Outlook 2007, color properties are tied to categories, but I haven't
experimented with seeing if I could use categories to show contacts in
color. I'll take a look.

This took a long time for me to get to this. As far as I can tell, you can't
color the entore contact. However, when displaying the Contacts folder in the
By Category view, each entry will display a small square containing the
category color.
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Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]

In address card view, you can use automatic formatting to color the text and
in business card view, you can use colored backgrounds (or images) on the
business cards to highlight contacts.

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Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
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"Brian Tillman [MVP - Outlook]" wrote in message
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"Brian Tillman [MVP - Outlook]" wrote in message
...

In Outlook 2007, color properties are tied to categories, but I haven't
experimented with seeing if I could use categories to show contacts in
color. I'll take a look.

This took a long time for me to get to this. As far as I can tell, you
can't color the entore contact. However, when displaying the Contacts
folder in the By Category view, each entry will display a small square
containing the category color.
--
Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]