I am using office 2007. I have my contacts and want to start a new group
listed as contractors. I type the new group as contarctors but when I go to
put anyting in there, the group doesn't open up in order to put something in
there. Please tell me what I'm doing wrong

What is a group? Outlook uses no such term. We have no idea what your
definition of it is.
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"Bob" wrote in message
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I am using office 2007. I have my contacts and want to start a new group
listed as contractors. I type the new group as contarctors but when I go
to
put anyting in there, the group doesn't open up in order to put something
in
there. Please tell me what I'm doing wrong

Russ,

The OP was probably referring to "Distribution List."

Bob,
In Office Outlook 2007, Open Outlook, choose New Distribution List from the
File drop down menu. Then place the name of the Distribution list in the
Name: field. Then click on the Select Members Icon on the task bar. Enter
the name of the contractor in the Search box. When the contractor that you
want appears and is selected, press Enter on the keyboard, without doing
anything else, start typing the name of the second contractor that you wish
to place in the list, when the contractor appears again press Enter on the
keyboard. Repeat as desired. When finished, click OK. Now click on the Save
and Close icon on the task bar.
"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote in message
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What is a group? Outlook uses no such term. We have no idea what your
definition of it is.
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[MVP-Outlook]
"Bob" wrote in message
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I am using office 2007. I have my contacts and want to start a new group
listed as contractors. I type the new group as contarctors but when I go
to
put anyting in there, the group doesn't open up in order to put something
in
there. Please tell me what I'm doing wrong

"Charles W Davis" wrote in message
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Russ,

The OP was probably referring to "Distribution List."



No he's not - in the Contacts view there's a link in the L/H pane which is
called "Start a New Group". I found that entirely confusing as well....

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"Bob" wrote in message
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I am using office 2007. I have my contacts and want to start a new group
listed as contractors. I type the new group as contarctors but when I go
to
put anyting in there, the group doesn't open up in order to put something
in
there. Please tell me what I'm doing wrong


The "Group" you are referring to is NOT a "group of Contacts"
If you want to create a DISTRIBUTION List then do File-New-Distribution
List.
But you might want to take a look at the use of Categories - far more
flexible, robust and easier to use then a D/L.
http://email.about.com/od/outlooktip...tegory_dis.htm

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See how much time and effort are wasted when people make up their own terms
and assume we can figure out what they mean?
I'm betting neither of you has guessed correctly. I suspect OP is trying to
create a Distribution List but neglected to connect the Outlook Address
Service to his Contacts Folder, so cannot select his Contacts as members.
We may never know.
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"Charles W Davis" wrote in message
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Russ,

The OP was probably referring to "Distribution List."



No he's not - in the Contacts view there's a link in the L/H pane which is
called "Start a New Group". I found that entirely confusing as well....

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Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] wrote:
See how much time and effort are wasted when people make up their own
terms and assume we can figure out what they mean?
I'm betting neither of you has guessed correctly. I suspect OP is trying
to create a Distribution List but neglected to connect the Outlook
Address Service to his Contacts Folder, so cannot select his Contacts as
members.
We may never know.

Yes. But. It's more probable that as Outlook uses the name "distribution
list" in File-New-DISTRIBUTION LIST, the OP would probably have
mentioned "Distribution List" rather than Group. He didn't. he used the
word "Group". And as you know, in the L/H pane in Contacts view is a
link that says "make new GROUP". So I assert that my assumption is
probably more correct than yours.
But as you say, we may never know because the OP hasn't responded...

You're probably right, but I've been forced to try to read minds for a lot
of years here and the number of times users refer to DL's as groups is
higher than I can count.
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"Gordon" wrote in message
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Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] wrote:
See how much time and effort are wasted when people make up their own
terms and assume we can figure out what they mean?
I'm betting neither of you has guessed correctly. I suspect OP is trying
to create a Distribution List but neglected to connect the Outlook
Address Service to his Contacts Folder, so cannot select his Contacts as
members.
We may never know.

Yes. But. It's more probable that as Outlook uses the name "distribution
list" in File-New-DISTRIBUTION LIST, the OP would probably have mentioned
"Distribution List" rather than Group. He didn't. he used the word
"Group". And as you know, in the L/H pane in Contacts view is a link that
says "make new GROUP". So I assert that my assumption is probably more
correct than yours.
But as you say, we may never know because the OP hasn't responded...

Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] wrote:
You're probably right, but I've been forced to try to read minds for a
lot of years here and the number of times users refer to DL's as groups
is higher than I can count.

Yeah, I sympathise!

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