I also don't know what's messed up your categories. But if you now have to
rebuild them all and re-assign all of the items then the Category Manager
would be very helpful for you (please see my signature). It also allows to
export the master category list from OL 07, so you can backup it separatedly
from your PST file.

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Am Wed, 18 Jul 2007 09:46:04 -0700 schrieb CRyall:

I have just upgraded to Outlook 2007 - hoping that would solve this issue
among others but it didn't. I had the same problem in Outlook 2003 before
I
upgraded. I had used categories for contacts and color coded my
appointments
using auto format.

In the new program when I go to categroize a contact I click on the little
4
color box, hit all, and I get 200 various combinations of my categories.

I do synchronize with my Sprint Blackberry but I had been doing that for
well over a year with no problem until about two months ago. IF that is
the
problem how do I correct it? I don't want to give up categories or the
Blackberry!
Thanks!