You should never use "import" to transfer Outlook data. Your Outlook data
already exists in an Outlook data file. You simply open that file in Outlook
and copy what you want from it. If you want to place these Contacts in a
separate folder, then by all means, feel free to do so.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"Shoe" wrote in message
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When I put them on my work laptop, there were no contacts in Outlook so I
could simply import them in. However, as I indicated in my original
posting,
my home Outlook already has a Contacts file and I do not want to overwrite
it
- I want two separately identifiable Contacts files. When I did this on
the
work laptop, I had imported to the check box that said "Import items into
the
same folder in ... Personal Folders" However, if I do that this time on
my
home pc, I believe I will just overwrite the Contacts I already have on
the
home pc. I want to be able to flip back and forth in Outlook on my home
pc
from my home contacts (Contacts) to work contacts (Work Contacts) somehow.
How do I do this?

"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

If you brought them with you, why wouldn't you just use the same method
in
reverse to take them with you? They are stored on your employers Exchange
Server, right?
No Outlook data is ever stored in an address book. Contacts are only
stored
in Contact Folders in an Exchange mailbox or local data file.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"Shoe" wrote in message
news
They are my contacts (employers contacts were kept in CRM system)- I
brought
them with me and I will take them with me.

"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

Have you asked your employer? Those contacts belong to your employer.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"Shoe" wrote in message
...
I have a home system that I use Outlook on as my mail client. I have
approx.
30 contacts on this system. I have a work system where I have
approx.
1200
contacts. I am leaving my current employment so I want to move my
1200
contacts from my work Outlook to my home Outlook (so I still have
access
to
them), but I don't want to add them to my existing Contacts file,
nor
do
I
want the work one to replace my home one. What can I do? On my
work
Outlook, when I click on the address book, I see a global address
list
in
a
drop down box that when "dropped down", show Outlook Address Book at
the
top,
followed by Contacts (as a subheading under Outlook Address Book),
followed
by Global Address List, etc., Can I somehow have my work contacts
show
up
in
a list that I could then select?