Gotta disagree on this one... I'm running Outlook 2003 on this very machine
and it's more than happy using my Outlook 97 vintage Personal Address Book
(.PAB) file. If Rich was using a PAB, he should be able to search for it,
add it, and use it... I could and did without issue.

Hal
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"Brian Tillman" wrote in message
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Rich D wrote:

Both my Outlook 2000 and 2003 have Address Books.

Outlook 2000 was able to use the Windows address book (WAB.EXE), the same
address book Outlook Express uses, or it was able to use its own Contacts
folder (with the Outlook Address Book service providing a view of that
folder) and a Personal Address Book service that provided a view of a PAB
file. Which arrangement are you using?

Outlook 2003, however, cannot use the Windows Address Book, nor does it
use the Personal Address Book, which is obsolete. It uses Contacts
folders and the Outlook Address Book service that provides a view of the
names and addresses contained in the Contacts folder. If you see anything
int he Address book interface, it will be in a Contacts folder.
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