You might consider using a custom contact form to enforce a specific category list for that folder. See http://www.outlookcode.com/d/forms/reqcat.htm

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"Bartly" wrote in message ...
We have a Firm Contacts in Public Folders. We want everyone to have the same
Category list for these contacts. We would prefer that only selected people
can modify the Category list. Is this possible? I know that the Category
list can be exported from the registry of one PC and distributed to all the
users. Is this the only or best way to do this for Contacts in Public
Folders? Will it also affect users peronal contacts?

Thanks