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I've always had problems with the Windows Address Book, now the problem is this....My current WAB is made up of many subfolders, as follows: -Shared contacts ----My contacts --------folder 1 --------folder 2 --------etc. The problem is when I import into Outlook only the contacts in the "My contacts" folder appear. This is also a problem if exporting the WAB as a CSV file etc. Any help would be appreciated. The version of WAB that OE6 is using is 6.00.2900.2869 Thanks in advance, |
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ad1010 wrote:
I've always had problems with the Windows Address Book, now the problem is this....My current WAB is made up of many subfolders, as follows: -Shared contacts ----My contacts --------folder 1 --------folder 2 --------etc. The problem is when I import into Outlook only the contacts in the "My contacts" folder appear. This is also a problem if exporting the WAB as a CSV file etc. Any help would be appreciated. This is normal. Outlook will import only from the Main Identity's top-level contacts. You'll have to move everything you want to import into the top level. -- Brian Tillman |
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"Brian Tillman" wrote:
ad1010 wrote: I've always had problems with the Windows Address Book, now the problem is this....My current WAB is made up of many subfolders, as follows: -Shared contacts ----My contacts --------folder 1 --------folder 2 --------etc. The problem is when I import into Outlook only the contacts in the "My contacts" folder appear. This is also a problem if exporting the WAB as a CSV file etc. Any help would be appreciated. This is normal. Outlook will import only from the Main Identity's top-level contacts. You'll have to move everything you want to import into the top level. -- Brian Tillman OK, thanks. Does the Outlook 2003 Contacts / Address Book have the feature of folders that the WAB has? When using the WAB I would go to a subfolder and select only some email addresses to contact rather than the whole folder. It seems that in Outlook there is "Distribution Lists" and an email has to be sent to the whole distribution list unless in the recipients field of the message window the "Distribution List" is expanded and then the unrequired addresses are deleted one by one. It would be very disappointing if this was the case. It seems that what is a "Group" in WAB is a "Distribution List" in Outlook's Contacts and it seems that what is a "Folder" in WAB has no equivalent in Outlook's Contacts. Is this correct? Is there any way round this e.g. stand alone software or plugins? Amir |
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ad1010 wrote:
OK, thanks. Does the Outlook 2003 Contacts / Address Book have the feature of folders that the WAB has? When using the WAB I would go to a subfolder and select only some email addresses to contact rather than the whole folder. YOu can certainly have more than one contacts folder in Outlook. Thet can be subfolders of the main Contacts or they can be top-leve folders right along wth the Contacts folder. It seems that in Outlook there is "Distribution Lists" and an email has to be sent to the whole distribution list unless in the recipients field of the message window the "Distribution List" is expanded and then the unrequired addresses are deleted one by one. It would be very disappointing if this was the case. Outlook Express has DLs, too, only they're called "groups". DLs are not the only way to collect contacts together. In addition to the multiple Contacts folders about which we spoke above, you can assign a category to related Contacts. You can then group your Contacts folder by category and send a message to the entire category. -- Brian Tillman |
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![]() "Brian Tillman" wrote: ad1010 wrote: OK, thanks. Does the Outlook 2003 Contacts / Address Book have the feature of folders that the WAB has? When using the WAB I would go to a subfolder and select only some email addresses to contact rather than the whole folder. YOu can certainly have more than one contacts folder in Outlook. Thet can be subfolders of the main Contacts or they can be top-leve folders right along wth the Contacts folder. It seems that in Outlook there is "Distribution Lists" and an email has to be sent to the whole distribution list unless in the recipients field of the message window the "Distribution List" is expanded and then the unrequired addresses are deleted one by one. It would be very disappointing if this was the case. Outlook Express has DLs, too, only they're called "groups". DLs are not the only way to collect contacts together. In addition to the multiple Contacts folders about which we spoke above, you can assign a category to related Contacts. You can then group your Contacts folder by category and send a message to the entire category. -- Brian Tillman So , it seems that I can't do what I want in Outlook. I found the following in offline help under "About distribution lists": "You can send a message or meeting request to part of a distribution list by clicking the plus sign (+) next to the name of the distribution list to show the individuals on the list, and then deleting the names that you do not want. Distribution lists in the E-mail field of a contact cannot be expanded." I have to select all of the list and then delete the ones I don't want, rather than just select the ones I do want from the DL (as I can with the WAB). Please confirm that I understand correctly. |
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ad1010 wrote:
I have to select all of the list and then delete the ones I don't want, rather than just select the ones I do want from the DL (as I can with the WAB). Please confirm that I understand correctly. I haven't used groups in the Windows Address Book in years, so if you say that's the way they work in the WAB, then I'll confirm you're understanding appears complete. -- Brian Tillman |
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