Can you please walk me through the steps to copy the contacts Outlook data
file. I thought the only way I could create a data file is by exporting the
data. If I go into Contacts and I right click on the Contacts folder, and
then click on Copy Contacts - the only thing it will let me do is to create
another folder in Outlook to copy the data to. Obviously that won't help. I
need to get the data file onto a CD. Then...once I get it on a CD, how do I
paste it? Thank you for your help!

"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

Bad idea. Never try to transfer Outlook data by exporting and importing. Not
only will you fail to prevent duplicates, you will lose or alter other data
along the way.
Next time just copy the Outlook data file, open it in the laptop, and
replace the contents of the laptops Contacts folder with the Contacts from
the desktop. It's a simple copy and paste operation.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"Kim" wrote in message
...
We have 2 computers with Outlook 2003. To synchronize, we do an export
from
the desktop to a CD. Then we import the data into Outlook on the laptop.
Even though I am checking off Do Not Import/Export Duplicates, it still
results in duplicate contact records. Does anyone have any suggestions on
how to prevent the duplicates from being created. I only want the new
contact records to install.