I often have multiple contacts at a company but they can get overlooked in a
company search if there's a variation in the company name, which is actually
quite common; i.e. a comma before Co. in one entry and not another, use of
Inc. in one name and not another; use of a DBA as opposed to corporate name,
etc. With a drop down box that lists all the company names already in
Outlook, one could be assured of consistency so all contacts for the same
company appear when ordered by company.

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did you know you can group by company and drag the contacts with the odd
spellings to one group so all use the identical company name?

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"cyberfish" wrote in message
...
I often have multiple contacts at a company but they can get overlooked in
a
company search if there's a variation in the company name, which is
actually
quite common; i.e. a comma before Co. in one entry and not another, use of
Inc. in one name and not another; use of a DBA as opposed to corporate
name,
etc. With a drop down box that lists all the company names already in
Outlook, one could be assured of consistency so all contacts for the same
company appear when ordered by company.

----------------
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this
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Please elaborate on what you mean by group and how do you create such a
group?

Also, don't you think that Outlook should have the capablity of making
almost every field a drop down list? That seems pretty basic to all major
contact manager programs.

And why is there no Find & Replace feature for updating in bulk. Like when
a company changes it's name or address.

"Diane Poremsky [MVP]" wrote:

did you know you can group by company and drag the contacts with the odd
spellings to one group so all use the identical company name?

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Coauthor, OneNote 2003 for Windows (Visual QuickStart Guide)
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"cyberfish" wrote in message
...
I often have multiple contacts at a company but they can get overlooked in
a
company search if there's a variation in the company name, which is
actually
quite common; i.e. a comma before Co. in one entry and not another, use of
Inc. in one name and not another; use of a DBA as opposed to corporate
name,
etc. With a drop down box that lists all the company names already in
Outlook, one could be assured of consistency so all contacts for the same
company appear when ordered by company.

----------------
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Agree" button in the message pane. If you do not see the button, follow
this
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After furious head scratching, Jeeslawees asked:

| Please elaborate on what you mean by group and how do you create such
| a group?
|
| Also, don't you think that Outlook should have the capablity of making
| almost every field a drop down list? That seems pretty basic to all
| major contact manager programs.
|
| And why is there no Find & Replace feature for updating in bulk.
| Like when a company changes it's name or address.
|
| "Diane Poremsky [MVP]" wrote:
|
|| did you know you can group by company and drag the contacts with the
|| odd spellings to one group so all use the identical company name?
||
|| --
|| Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
|| Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours
|| Coauthor, OneNote 2003 for Windows (Visual QuickStart Guide)
|| Need Help with Common Tasks? http://www.outlook-tips.net/beginner/
||
|| Outlook Tips: http://www.outlook-tips.net/
|| Outlook & Exchange Solutions Center: http://www.slipstick.com
|| Subscribe to Exchange Messaging Outlook newsletter:
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||
|| "cyberfish" wrote in message
|| ...
||| I often have multiple contacts at a company but they can get
||| overlooked in a
||| company search if there's a variation in the company name, which is
||| actually
||| quite common; i.e. a comma before Co. in one entry and not another,
||| use of Inc. in one name and not another; use of a DBA as opposed to
||| corporate name,
||| etc. With a drop down box that lists all the company names already
||| in Outlook, one could be assured of consistency so all contacts for
||| the same company appear when ordered by company.
|||
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||| This post is a suggestion for Microsoft, and Microsoft responds to
||| the suggestions with the most votes. To vote for this suggestion,
||| click the "I Agree" button in the message pane. If you do not see
||| the button, follow this
||| link to open the suggestion in the Microsoft Web-based Newsreader
||| and then click "I Agree" in the message pane.
|||
||| http://www.microsoft.com/office/comm...tlook.contacts

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"Jeeslawees" wrote in message ...
Please elaborate on what you mean by group and how do you create such a
group?

Also, don't you think that Outlook should have the capablity of making
almost every field a drop down list? That seems pretty basic to all major
contact manager programs.

And why is there no Find & Replace feature for updating in bulk. Like when
a company changes it's name or address.

"Diane Poremsky [MVP]" wrote:

did you know you can group by company and drag the contacts with the odd
spellings to one group so all use the identical company name?


"cyberfish" wrote in message
...
I often have multiple contacts at a company but they can get overlooked in
a
company search if there's a variation in the company name, which is
actually
quite common; i.e. a comma before Co. in one entry and not another, use of
Inc. in one name and not another; use of a DBA as opposed to corporate
name,
etc. With a drop down box that lists all the company names already in
Outlook, one could be assured of consistency so all contacts for the same
company appear when ordered by company.

----------------
This post is a suggestion for Microsoft, and Microsoft responds to the
suggestions with the most votes. To vote for this suggestion, click the "I
Agree" button in the message pane. If you do not see the button, follow
this
link to open the suggestion in the Microsoft Web-based Newsreader and then
click "I Agree" in the message pane.

http://www.microsoft.com/office/comm...tlook.contacts