How to kill off the Outlook Address Book

I really don't want the Outlook Address Book. I must have enabled it
by mistake. How can I make it go away? Outlook 2002.


Lady Dungeness
Crabby, but Great Legs!
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you need it if you want to send email - if not, delete the email account to
remove it.

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I really don't want the Outlook Address Book. I must have enabled it
by mistake. How can I make it go away? Outlook 2002.


Lady Dungeness
Crabby, but Great Legs!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

What I want is to click on the TO icon and bring up the Contacts, not
the "Address Book." It used to bring up Contacts. Something changed
it.


Lady Dungeness
Crabby, but Great Legs!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~


On Tue, 21 Aug 2007 21:48:27 -0400, "Diane Poremsky"
wrote:

|you need it if you want to send email - if not, delete the email account to
|remove it.

wrote:

What I want is to click on the TO icon and bring up the Contacts, not
the "Address Book." It used to bring up Contacts. Something changed
it.

What do you see now? Is the contacts folder you want to see there marked as
an address book? (Click each contacts folder, choose Properties, select the
Outlook Address Book tab, and examine the box labeled "Show this folder as
an e-mail Address Book".)
--
Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]

Brian, When I click the TO icon -- I get a blank Address Book. I
don't want Address book at all. I want the Contacts to open.

I did right-click on my Contacts folder Outlook Address Book ...
the option to "Show this folder as an email address book" is grayed
out.


Lady Dungeness
Crabby, but Great Legs!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~



On Thu, 23 Aug 2007 09:06:02 -0400, "Brian Tillman"
wrote:

wrote:
|
| What I want is to click on the TO icon and bring up the Contacts, not
| the "Address Book." It used to bring up Contacts. Something changed
| it.
|
|What do you see now? Is the contacts folder you want to see there marked as
|an address book? (Click each contacts folder, choose Properties, select the
|Outlook Address Book tab, and examine the box labeled "Show this folder as
|an e-mail Address Book".)
|--
|Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]

Then just follow the many posts here that tell you how to configure the
Outlook Address Book. Once you do that, it is simple to configure the
address book view to show your Contacts Folder by default in Tools Options
"Show this Address list first"

http://support.microsoft.com/default...Product=ol2002

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Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
wrote in message
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Brian, When I click the TO icon -- I get a blank Address Book. I
don't want Address book at all. I want the Contacts to open.

I did right-click on my Contacts folder Outlook Address Book ...
the option to "Show this folder as an email address book" is grayed
out.


Lady Dungeness
Crabby, but Great Legs!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~



On Thu, 23 Aug 2007 09:06:02 -0400, "Brian Tillman"
wrote:

wrote:
|
| What I want is to click on the TO icon and bring up the Contacts, not
| the "Address Book." It used to bring up Contacts. Something changed
| it.
|
|What do you see now? Is the contacts folder you want to see there marked
as
|an address book? (Click each contacts folder, choose Properties, select
the
|Outlook Address Book tab, and examine the box labeled "Show this folder
as
|an e-mail Address Book".)
|--
|Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]

1. I cannot find Tools Options Show this Address List
First

2. I DO see my contacts; I can open my Contacts, select a
contact and write an email to that contact.

3. I CANNOT use Control+N to create a new email message,
then click TO and have my Contacts folder open.
Instead, when I click TO, the dialog box is titled "Select
Names" and it presents a list of names on the left, with three boxes
on the right--one for TO, one for CC, and one for BC.
It's the "Select Names" dialog box that I find annoying. I
would much rather have the Contacts folder open up when I click TO in
a blank email message.
I thought the Contacts folder used to open up when I clicked
TO in a new email message. Is my memory failing me?


Lady Dungeness
Crabby, but Great Legs!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~



On Sat, 25 Aug 2007 08:18:30 -0400, "Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]"
wrote:

|Then just follow the many posts here that tell you how to configure the
|Outlook Address Book. Once you do that, it is simple to configure the
|address book view to show your Contacts Folder by default in Tools Options
| "Show this Address list first"
|
|http://support.microsoft.com/default...Product=ol2002

wrote in message
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1. I cannot find Tools Options Show this Address List
First

2. I DO see my contacts; I can open my Contacts, select a
contact and write an email to that contact.

3. I CANNOT use Control+N to create a new email message,
then click TO and have my Contacts folder open.
Instead, when I click TO, the dialog box is titled "Select
Names" and it presents a list of names on the left, with three boxes
on the right--one for TO, one for CC, and one for BC.
It's the "Select Names" dialog box that I find annoying. I
would much rather have the Contacts folder open up when I click TO in
a blank email message.
I thought the Contacts folder used to open up when I clicked
TO in a new email message. Is my memory failing me?

Probably - every version of Outlook since 2002 (AFAIR) has the "select
names" dialog box when you click the "To" button...

Re read my post. I answered all these questions. To repeat:
1. Configure the Outlook Address Book as I directed you.
2. Only then will you be able to open the address book view and select which
folder to show first.

--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
wrote in message
...
1. I cannot find Tools Options Show this Address List
First

2. I DO see my contacts; I can open my Contacts, select a
contact and write an email to that contact.

3. I CANNOT use Control+N to create a new email message,
then click TO and have my Contacts folder open.
Instead, when I click TO, the dialog box is titled "Select
Names" and it presents a list of names on the left, with three boxes
on the right--one for TO, one for CC, and one for BC.
It's the "Select Names" dialog box that I find annoying. I
would much rather have the Contacts folder open up when I click TO in
a blank email message.
I thought the Contacts folder used to open up when I clicked
TO in a new email message. Is my memory failing me?


Lady Dungeness
Crabby, but Great Legs!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~



On Sat, 25 Aug 2007 08:18:30 -0400, "Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]"
wrote:

|Then just follow the many posts here that tell you how to configure the
|Outlook Address Book. Once you do that, it is simple to configure the
|address book view to show your Contacts Folder by default in Tools
Options
| "Show this Address list first"
|
|http://support.microsoft.com/default...Product=ol2002

I think you need to re-read my posts. I have dutifully double-check
my work to ensure I am following the instructions to the letter. I
believe you have misapprehended what I am hoping to accomplish. At
this point, I'm afraid we're at a standstill. It looks like I cannot
bring up the Contacts folder when I click the TO icon in New Email. I
shall have to suffer along with bringing up the address book instead.

Lady Dungeness
Crabby, but Great Legs!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~


On Sat, 25 Aug 2007 14:41:13 -0400, "Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]"
wrote:

|Re read my post. I answered all these questions. To repeat:
|1. Configure the Outlook Address Book as I directed you.
|2. Only then will you be able to open the address book view and select which
|folder to show first.