This is by design. Presumably Microsoft's extensive usablity testing during the development of Outlook 2003 found that few people used the folder list except for mail folders or that few people had multiple folders of any given type, other than mail folders.

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"JDJ" wrote in message ...
No Tree Structure in Folder List for Contacts

In the Outlook 2003 Folder List (left hand pane) I can set icons at
the bottom to quickly skip back & forth.

The only way to get a Tree Structure for Contacts is to Select the
Folders List Icon which shows all items, Emails, Contacts etc. in the
tree structure that I have set up just like Outlook 2000.

If I select the Mail Icon, I see my mail folders only as expected and
they are in the tree structure I have set up as expected.

If I select the Contacts Icon, I see only Contacts as expected HOWEVER
they are in one long list in no obvious order (not alphabetical)
although it does look like I can choose to arrange them myself by
moving them up the list or down the list. That's fine, but how come I
don't get a view option with tree structure like I had in Outlook
2000, or like I get when I look at all types of items from the Folder
List Icon, or like the tree structure I see when I mouse on the Mail
Icon.
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"J. J."