Make a new contacts folder called Backup - it can be in the pst you use or
in a new one (file, new, data fle) which you can then keep as a real backup.
Then from a table view (By Categories works well) select one, then Ctrl+A to
select all and Edit, Copy to folder.

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"Joe McGuire" wrote in message
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Thanks. The Microsoft paper looks promising. But how do I back up my
Contacts folder alone?


"Diane Poremsky [MVP]" wrote in message
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http://www.slipstick.com/contacts/nofax.htm

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"Joe McGuire" wrote in message
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Is there a way to keep the fax numbers for Contacts out of the Select
Names window (address book?) when I click "To" when composing e-mail? I
know I can buy some utility that can do this, as I understand it, by
tricking OL into not recognizing fax numbers as e-mail addresses. We
frequently end up sending the occasional important e-mail to somebody's
fax number, which naturally means he gets neither the message nor the
fax.