"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

OK. I think I can understand your description now. You appear to be using a
list view of your Contacts Folder for data entry and editing. The email
field cannot be edited in list view. You must double click the field to open
the actual Contact Record where you can easily edit that field. I have no
trouble retyping in that field to edit it. Can't you? If not, what happens
instead?
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Russ,
Yes, I double-click a contact name in List View/Pane to get the Contact
Record. That's what I have been doing all along. Yup, I know the List View
isn't for editing, although I do use that pane to duplicate a record so I can
make a small change to create a new-but-mostly-the-same-data record. Haven't
been able to figure out any other way to do that.

But I digress.

I went again to a client's Contact Record. I figured out what I hadn't tried
yet, or didn't remember. I have to double-click the e-mail address in the
field, and this brings up a small dialog bow with just a few e-mail-related
fields in it. If I tab once I can edit the e-mail address and closing that
box will show the edit in the e-mail address field. So I am not editing in
the field directly.
I was single-clicking and right clicking. I thought I remembered that
double-clicking started an e-mail writing event -- that is, the form for
e-mail creation popped up. But It did not do that this time.

I wish the Help files were fleshed out further.

Thanks you for your responses.

Jonathan