Can I create a custom category list to be used for contacts in the company's
public contacts folder - without having Business Contact Manager?

You can easily create custom categories in any version of Outlook. What you
mean by "custom category list" is anyone's guess. Clarify what you mean so
we don't have to try to guess.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"ash_liz" wrote in message
...
Can I create a custom category list to be used for contacts in the
company's
public contacts folder - without having Business Contact Manager?

I have a list we have created describing different types of contacts so that
contacts can be sorted or listed by their categorized type (this contact is
an engineer; this one is a state agency; etc.). It is a fairly long list and
pretty specific to our firm.

The only way I can see to assign a category to a contact is with the new
"Color Categories," and these are actually showing category types that I have
assigned for my own personal use in my calendar (green = birthday; purple =
holiday, etc.).

Apparently, in the previous version of Outlook, there was a way to create
the type of contact categorization list that I described above, so that
anyone who accesses the company's public contacts folder on the network to
add a new contact can select from the list of categories and apply
appropriate ones to that new contact.

I have been searching Help in Outlook 2007, and everything I see about this
type of feature seems to refer to the Business Contact Manager application,
which we do not have.

Thank you.

"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

You can easily create custom categories in any version of Outlook. What you
mean by "custom category list" is anyone's guess. Clarify what you mean so
we don't have to try to guess.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"ash_liz" wrote in message
...
Can I create a custom category list to be used for contacts in the
company's
public contacts folder - without having Business Contact Manager?

You'll need to use terms the rest of us use. "I have a list" means nothing
to us. Outlook does not use lists and that term has no meaning. You can
assign a Category to a Contact the same way you did in all previous versions
of Outlook.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"ash_liz" wrote in message
...
I have a list we have created describing different types of contacts so
that
contacts can be sorted or listed by their categorized type (this contact
is
an engineer; this one is a state agency; etc.). It is a fairly long list
and
pretty specific to our firm.

The only way I can see to assign a category to a contact is with the new
"Color Categories," and these are actually showing category types that I
have
assigned for my own personal use in my calendar (green = birthday; purple
=
holiday, etc.).

Apparently, in the previous version of Outlook, there was a way to create
the type of contact categorization list that I described above, so that
anyone who accesses the company's public contacts folder on the network to
add a new contact can select from the list of categories and apply
appropriate ones to that new contact.

I have been searching Help in Outlook 2007, and everything I see about
this
type of feature seems to refer to the Business Contact Manager
application,
which we do not have.

Thank you.

"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

You can easily create custom categories in any version of Outlook. What
you
mean by "custom category list" is anyone's guess. Clarify what you mean
so
we don't have to try to guess.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"ash_liz" wrote in message
...
Can I create a custom category list to be used for contacts in the
company's
public contacts folder - without having Business Contact Manager?

i'm sorry i don't know what *your terms* are. i explained exactly what my
"list" is (or so i thought). just please tell me how to "assign a Category
to a Contact the same way you did in all previous versions of Outlook." i
was not in charge of assigning categories to contacts until after 2007 was
installed, and the only way i can see to assign categories here is with the
color codes, which is not what i want.

"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

You'll need to use terms the rest of us use. "I have a list" means nothing
to us. Outlook does not use lists and that term has no meaning. You can
assign a Category to a Contact the same way you did in all previous versions
of Outlook.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"ash_liz" wrote in message
...
I have a list we have created describing different types of contacts so
that
contacts can be sorted or listed by their categorized type (this contact
is
an engineer; this one is a state agency; etc.). It is a fairly long list
and
pretty specific to our firm.

The only way I can see to assign a category to a contact is with the new
"Color Categories," and these are actually showing category types that I
have
assigned for my own personal use in my calendar (green = birthday; purple
=
holiday, etc.).

Apparently, in the previous version of Outlook, there was a way to create
the type of contact categorization list that I described above, so that
anyone who accesses the company's public contacts folder on the network to
add a new contact can select from the list of categories and apply
appropriate ones to that new contact.

I have been searching Help in Outlook 2007, and everything I see about
this
type of feature seems to refer to the Business Contact Manager
application,
which we do not have.

Thank you.

"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

You can easily create custom categories in any version of Outlook. What
you
mean by "custom category list" is anyone's guess. Clarify what you mean
so
we don't have to try to guess.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"ash_liz" wrote in message
...
Can I create a custom category list to be used for contacts in the
company's
public contacts folder - without having Business Contact Manager?

Can't you just use the Categories button on the ribbon?
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"ash_liz" wrote in message
...
i'm sorry i don't know what *your terms* are. i explained exactly what my
"list" is (or so i thought). just please tell me how to "assign a
Category
to a Contact the same way you did in all previous versions of Outlook." i
was not in charge of assigning categories to contacts until after 2007 was
installed, and the only way i can see to assign categories here is with
the
color codes, which is not what i want.

"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

You'll need to use terms the rest of us use. "I have a list" means
nothing
to us. Outlook does not use lists and that term has no meaning. You can
assign a Category to a Contact the same way you did in all previous
versions
of Outlook.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"ash_liz" wrote in message
...
I have a list we have created describing different types of contacts so
that
contacts can be sorted or listed by their categorized type (this
contact
is
an engineer; this one is a state agency; etc.). It is a fairly long
list
and
pretty specific to our firm.

The only way I can see to assign a category to a contact is with the
new
"Color Categories," and these are actually showing category types that
I
have
assigned for my own personal use in my calendar (green = birthday;
purple
=
holiday, etc.).

Apparently, in the previous version of Outlook, there was a way to
create
the type of contact categorization list that I described above, so that
anyone who accesses the company's public contacts folder on the network
to
add a new contact can select from the list of categories and apply
appropriate ones to that new contact.

I have been searching Help in Outlook 2007, and everything I see about
this
type of feature seems to refer to the Business Contact Manager
application,
which we do not have.

Thank you.

"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

You can easily create custom categories in any version of Outlook.
What
you
mean by "custom category list" is anyone's guess. Clarify what you
mean
so
we don't have to try to guess.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"ash_liz" wrote in message
...
Can I create a custom category list to be used for contacts in the
company's
public contacts folder - without having Business Contact Manager?

Categories in Outlook 2007 can be associated with colors. If you don't want the colors, don't use them.

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003
http://www.turtleflock.com/olconfig/index.htm
and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers
http://www.outlookcode.com/jumpstart.aspx

"ash_liz" wrote in message ...
i'm sorry i don't know what *your terms* are. i explained exactly what my
"list" is (or so i thought). just please tell me how to "assign a Category
to a Contact the same way you did in all previous versions of Outlook." i
was not in charge of assigning categories to contacts until after 2007 was
installed, and the only way i can see to assign categories here is with the
color codes, which is not what i want.

What you most likely are describing is a custom form, such as the sample at http://www.outlookcode.com/d/forms/reqcat.htm. It is not a built-in feature.

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003
http://www.turtleflock.com/olconfig/index.htm
and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers
http://www.outlookcode.com/jumpstart.aspx

"ash_liz" wrote in message ...
I have a list we have created describing different types of contacts so that
contacts can be sorted or listed by their categorized type (this contact is
an engineer; this one is a state agency; etc.). It is a fairly long list and
pretty specific to our firm.

The only way I can see to assign a category to a contact is with the new
"Color Categories," and these are actually showing category types that I have
assigned for my own personal use in my calendar (green = birthday; purple =
holiday, etc.).

Apparently, in the previous version of Outlook, there was a way to create
the type of contact categorization list that I described above, so that
anyone who accesses the company's public contacts folder on the network to
add a new contact can select from the list of categories and apply
appropriate ones to that new contact.

I have been searching Help in Outlook 2007, and everything I see about this
type of feature seems to refer to the Business Contact Manager application,
which we do not have.

Thank you.

"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

You can easily create custom categories in any version of Outlook. What you
mean by "custom category list" is anyone's guess. Clarify what you mean so
we don't have to try to guess.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"ash_liz" wrote in message
...
Can I create a custom category list to be used for contacts in the
company's
public contacts folder - without having Business Contact Manager?