I don't see how it is possible for you to have two Contacts Folders in the
Contact Navigation Pane and only one in the Folder List Navigation Pane. By
definition, the Folder List Pane shows all folders in your profile. The
Contact Pane shows only your default Contacts Folder plus whatever other
Contact folders you choose for it to display.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"Mike Whitehead" wrote in message
...
Dear Russ, to pick up where ACSmith left off ... I also have Outlook 2003.
When I am in Mail mode (click on Mail in the bottom left hand corner of
the
Outlook window) and I click on the Address Book, I see one Contacts list
(there are no entries in the Address Book).
When I am in Contacts mode (click on Contacts in the bottom left hand
corner
of the Outlook window) I see two sets of Contacts listed under My
Contacts -
one of them appears to contain the same entries as the Contacts list in
the
Address Book in Mail mode but the other one has a different-looking set of
entries. There are some contacts that appear in both lists although they
don't necessarily look identical. I'd like to end up with one Contacts
list
with all the contacts that I want from both of the current lists, ie. I'd
like to merge the lists into one. I guess I need to either merge the lists
and sort out the duplicates one by one, or else copy individual entries
from
one list to the other.
Going back to the advice that you gave to ACSmith, I wasn't sure how to
switch to Folder List view because I couldn't find a Folder List option
under
the View button. However I clicked on the Folder List option under the Go
button and I could see the folder hierarchy that I am familiar with. There
I
can see one Cantacts folder, which appears to contain the same Contacts as
my
Address Book.
Where do I go from here please?
Regards, Mike Whitehead

"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

Much clearer. The first thing to do is to switch to Folder List view.
There
you will see your entire folder hierarchy. How many Contact Folders do
you
see there?
At some point you must have created more than one. Do you need more than
one?
We'll straighten out your address book after we figure out which folders
you
actually have and which you actually want.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"ACSmith" wrote in message
...
I am using Outlook 2003. When I go to my Contacts page, the left side
vertical bar has CONTACTS. Under contacts, I have "my contacts", "other
contacts", "current view", etc on down the side. In the section under
"my
contacts", I have two address books, both named "contacts". I have no
idea
how the second list got there but it has been there for some time and I
apparently have been using them both without realizing it. I do use
reference
contacts from the "other contacts" area so when I click back to my
"contacts"
from there, I must not have been using the same one every time. I can't
figure out which is the default and how I can get all the information
into
one address book. Hope this is a little more clear. Thank you.


"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

Clarify what you mean. State your version and view.
Explain what you mean by "contact lists."
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"ACSmith" wrote in message
...
Somehow I have two contact lists under "my contacts". It is obvious
that
they
are not in sync with each other. I'm not sure which one is the
default
and
which one I may have added to or corrected over time. How can I
merge
these?
And how can I do it without creating duplicates?