Hi all

I have quite a large OE6 address book with around 800 contacts in about 40
groups

I know I can extract the address book to get my 800 contacts into a CSV file
using the export option but .......

I really need to know which group(s) they are in

Is there any way I can achieve this ? are there any utilities out there that
could help me ?

Thanks in advance

Andrew

"Andrew Kennard" wrote in message
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Hi all

I have quite a large OE6 address book with around 800 contacts in about 40
groups

I know I can extract the address book to get my 800 contacts into a CSV
file using the export option but .......

I really need to know which group(s) they are in

Is there any way I can achieve this ? are there any utilities out there
that could help me ?

Thanks in advance

Andrew



To export a group go to Start | Run and type
wab /new
and save it, giving it the name of the group, keeping the WAB extension.
Now open your group, select one contact and press Ctrl-A to Select All then
Ctrl-C to Copy All.
Go to the new address book, click in the contact area and press Ctrl-V to
Paste All.

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Frank

I could not quite get this to work ....

Ctrl A does not select all so I tryied click the first and Shift click the
last which does hilight them all

I did Ctrl C

Not matter where I clicked in the new WAB file Ctrl V did not paste them id
??

Thanks

Andrew

"Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM" wrote in message
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"Andrew Kennard" wrote in message
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Hi all

I have quite a large OE6 address book with around 800 contacts in about
40 groups

I know I can extract the address book to get my 800 contacts into a CSV
file using the export option but .......

I really need to know which group(s) they are in

Is there any way I can achieve this ? are there any utilities out there
that could help me ?

Thanks in advance

Andrew



To export a group go to Start | Run and type
wab /new
and save it, giving it the name of the group, keeping the WAB extension.
Now open your group, select one contact and press Ctrl-A to Select All
then Ctrl-C to Copy All.
Go to the new address book, click in the contact area and press Ctrl-V to
Paste All.

--
Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM
http://www.fjsmjs.com
Please reply in newsgroup. Do NOT send email.

Buenas tardes: *Andrew Kennard* escribió:

I have quite a large OE6 address book with around 800 contacts in about 40
groups

I know I can extract the address book to get my 800 contacts into a CSV file
using the export option but .......

I really need to know which group(s) they are in

Is there any way I can achieve this ? are there any utilities out there that
could help me ?

Can you expand on your final goal? What do you wish to do with the
extract?

Saludos
Roland
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"Die einzigen Gipfelgespräche, die wirklich einen Sinn haben,
sind die der Alpinisten." (L. Trenker)

Roland

Basically I need to 'tidy up' the groups. ie which people are in which
group. This will almost certainly involve moving some people from one group
to another, creating new groups and checking to see if there are any 'group
only' people ie those peoiple that are just a member of a group and do not
have a 'normal' contact record.

Just some house keeping really

It would just be must easier if I could see the people and their group etc
in something like excel

Cheers



"Roland Bierlein" wrote in message
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Buenas tardes: *Andrew Kennard* escribió:

I have quite a large OE6 address book with around 800 contacts in about
40
groups

I know I can extract the address book to get my 800 contacts into a CSV
file
using the export option but .......

I really need to know which group(s) they are in

Is there any way I can achieve this ? are there any utilities out there
that
could help me ?

Can you expand on your final goal? What do you wish to do with the
extract?

Saludos
Roland
--
Probleme mit OE? Hier gibt es die Lösungen: http://oe-faq.de!

"Die einzigen Gipfelgespräche, die wirklich einen Sinn haben,
sind die der Alpinisten." (L. Trenker)

Buenas tardes: *Andrew Kennard* escribió:

Basically I need to 'tidy up' the groups. ie which people are in which
group. This will almost certainly involve moving some people from one group
to another, creating new groups and checking to see if there are any 'group
only' people ie those peoiple that are just a member of a group and do not
have a 'normal' contact record.

Just some house keeping really

I see. Your best way to do this is with the address book as it is. Just
open your groups not by double-clicking on them, but use the tree view
and expand "Contacts", so that you can see all your groups. If you then
select a group, the individual contacts of this group are displayed in
the right pane. From there you can drag and drop them as you like, also
CTRL+A works there, which Frank mentioned. Unfortunately, those group
members which have no "normal" contact record are not displayed there.
One should rather not use such, because of this very difficulties they
cause.

If you should not see this tree view, go to View/Folders and Groups.

It would just be must easier if I could see the people and their group etc
in something like excel

Unfortunately, the group feature of Windows Addressbook is very limited.
Maybe someone else knows of a way to accomplish this, I don't.

Saludos
Roland
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