ajfield wrote:

i want to add contacts to my address book, but when in properties the
box to tick does not become highlighted, how can i change this.

Do you mean the "Show this folder as an e-mail Address Book" check box is
dimmed? This is a sign of a misconfigured Outlook Address Book service.
You tell us your Outlook version and we can tell you how to fix it.
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Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]