Outlook 2007... on a laptop

I have an IMAP account for my primary email address. In addition I want to
be able to add an Exchange account for when I have my laptop in the office;
this is really a secondary account. When I add the excahnge account it
tells me that the account must be the default account (ok... I guess) but
now when I have my laptop away from the office I cannot even open Outlook to
use my IMAP account or look up a contact (I understand that the exchange
account would not be availale in this situation.) The error I got was about
"...The information store could not be opened"

How can I accomplish my goals here?

Alex

Create a second Outlook profile that you use only when away from the
office and has your IMAP account as its only configured email account.

-J

On Oct 27, 9:31 pm, "Alexander Ross" wrote:
Outlook 2007... on a laptop

I have an IMAP account for my primary email address. In addition I want to
be able to add an Exchange account for when I have my laptop in the office;
this is really a secondary account. When I add the excahnge account it
tells me that the account must be the default account (ok... I guess) but
now when I have my laptop away from the office I cannot even open Outlook to
use my IMAP account or look up a contact (I understand that the exchange
account would not be availale in this situation.) The error I got was about
"...The information store could not be opened"

How can I accomplish my goals here?

Alex

An excellent suggestion, thanks. Now a followup question... Can I create a
shortcut to outlook with a flag for a specific profile?? Ex. I want to
create a link called Outlook Work and another called Outlook Home. Can this
be done?

Alex

wrote in message
ups.com...
Create a second Outlook profile that you use only when away from the
office and has your IMAP account as its only configured email account.

-J

On Oct 27, 9:31 pm, "Alexander Ross" wrote:
Outlook 2007... on a laptop

I have an IMAP account for my primary email address. In addition I want
to
be able to add an Exchange account for when I have my laptop in the
office;
this is really a secondary account. When I add the excahnge account it
tells me that the account must be the default account (ok... I guess) but
now when I have my laptop away from the office I cannot even open Outlook
to
use my IMAP account or look up a contact (I understand that the exchange
account would not be availale in this situation.) The error I got was
about
"...The information store could not be opened"

How can I accomplish my goals here?

Alex

yes. use the profile switch.
http://www.outlook-tips.net/beginner/switches.htm

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"Alexander Ross" wrote in message
...
An excellent suggestion, thanks. Now a followup question... Can I create
a shortcut to outlook with a flag for a specific profile?? Ex. I want to
create a link called Outlook Work and another called Outlook Home. Can
this be done?

Alex

wrote in message
ups.com...
Create a second Outlook profile that you use only when away from the
office and has your IMAP account as its only configured email account.

-J

On Oct 27, 9:31 pm, "Alexander Ross" wrote:
Outlook 2007... on a laptop

I have an IMAP account for my primary email address. In addition I want
to
be able to add an Exchange account for when I have my laptop in the
office;
this is really a secondary account. When I add the excahnge account it
tells me that the account must be the default account (ok... I guess)
but
now when I have my laptop away from the office I cannot even open
Outlook to
use my IMAP account or look up a contact (I understand that the exchange
account would not be availale in this situation.) The error I got was
about
"...The information store could not be opened"

How can I accomplish my goals here?

Alex