I am trying to start using Outlook 2007 and it has been very frustrating. I
have used Outlook Express for many, many years and I love it. I decided that
I might want the extra benefits of OUTLOOK 2007 and I now have over 60 hours
of messing with it to try to get it right…so it is time to see if I can use
some “professional help�.
My major problem is with DISTRIBUTION LISTS.
In outlook express, I had many groups. I know that in Outlook they are
called distribution lists and I figured they would be easier to use…but I am
finding they are not…or at least I do not know how to make them easier.
I am responsible for putting out several different email newsletters. Many
times people email me and say they would like to be added to a couple of
different emails I put out. So, if I received an email that said, “please add
to my mailing list, I would right click on ,
then add it to my main contact list. Then, I would have all my email names on
the right side of my screen and all my groups on the left side. I would
simply drag the to each of the groups I wanted to add it to.
Then, in a few weeks when nice guy got smart and left AOL, he would email me
to say that he changed his email address to , I would just go
to his name in my main contacts, edit the email address and now it would be
instantly changed in all the groups.
Nice guy might also email me and say he wants to be removed from all emails.
I just went to his name in the main contact list, deleted him, and he was
deleted from all groups. It appears that in OUTLOOK you would have to
manually delete him from each group.
In Outlook Express, I could open up a group and it would show me how many
people were in the group. Does a distribution list do the same thing?
If I wanted to start a new group (distribution list), I could go to the main
contacts, highlight each name I wanted, and then drag them to the new group.
Is there a way to do that in Outlook?
Some of my distribution lists have over 200 contacts in them. When I open
them up they are displayed sorted by first name. Is there a way to get them
sorted by last name?
Sometimes, I get an error that says it cannot be sent. I open up the
distribution list and all the names are there, but when I click on an
individual name it tells me it does not exist. I check the contacts and it
does exist. Later on the list works well. What is going on?
I tried sending a distribution list by email to myself so I can put it on my
computer at home. I was able to open it up, I said to save it..but it would
not open again. What am I doing wrong?
Sorry I made this so long…here are my questions re-asked in bullet form:
• Is there an easy way to “drop and drag� into a list?
• When I change the email address in the contact, does it change it in the
list?
• When I delete a contact, does it delete it from each list?
• How can I tell the distribution list to sort by last name?
• How do I find out how many names are in each list?
• How do I send a distribution list as a contact so I can save it save it on
another computer?
I am having lots of other problems, but that will be the subject of a
different email. Thanks in advance for all the help!
HAPPY NEW YEAR!
Art




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Thanks Very Much!

Art Nittskoff