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February 19th 07, 02:31 AM
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MS Fax doesn't see Outlook 2003 contacts
How do I change the data source as it only lists Outlook? I looked for it in
the help menu, but it's not there or I don't see it. Thanks "Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]" wrote: Use Access as the data source? -- Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook] Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. After furious head scratching, rlastar asked: | How else can I send a fax to a customer created in Access? | | "Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote: | || It's a bug in the importing process. Imported addresses are never || resolved until you open and save the record. Why was it necessary to || import these addresses? || -- || Russ Valentine || [MVP-Outlook] || "rlastar" wrote in message || ... ||| I'm not really sure what you mean, but I have been trying to figure ||| it out. ||| When I go into one of the records that XP Fax doesn't see, I modify ||| it and then re-save it. Now XP Fax sees it. I have over 5,000 ||| records so this would be very time consuming. Do you think I ||| imported incorrectly or is this ||| just a bug in the software? ||| Thanks ||| ||| "Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote: ||| |||| Answer my other question, please. |||| If you create a new Contact from scratch, will it appear in in the |||| Outlook |||| Address Book. I still suspect you have unresolved addresses. |||| -- |||| Russ Valentine |||| [MVP-Outlook] |||| "rlastar" wrote in message |||| ... ||||| Okay, I didn't realize it changed names. I am using Windows XP ||||| Fax as my ||||| OS ||||| is XP Home. ||||| My default Contact manager is Microsoft Office Outlook. ||||| All of the imported contacts have the valid fax number showing in ||||| their records. ||||| Now what? ||||| Thanks ||||| ||||| ||||| "Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote: ||||| |||||| You are not using Microsoft Fax. It has not been in use since |||||| Windows |||||| 95. |||||| Existing fax programs include Windows 2000 Personal Fax, Windows |||||| XP Fax, |||||| and |||||| Vista Fax and Scan. |||||| To examine your default Contact manager look at Control Panel |||||| Internet |||||| Options Programs... (depending on your operating system, which |||||| you have |||||| not mentioned). |||||| When you create a new Contact with a valid fax address, will it |||||| appear in |||||| your address book? If so, then you have found your problem. |||||| -- |||||| Russ Valentine |||||| [MVP-Outlook] |||||| "rlastar" wrote in message |||||| ... ||||||| Thanks for responding. ||||||| I state in the title that I am using MS or Microsoft Fax. ||||||| Not sure what you mean by "State what program you have set as ||||||| your default ||||||| program for managing Contacts for your operating system". I use ||||||| Outlook ||||||| 2003. ||||||| I tried opening up a record and resaving it, but that did not ||||||| resolve ||||||| my ||||||| issue. ||||||| ||||||| "Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote: ||||||| |||||||| A couple of things you need to check. First, clarify which fax |||||||| program |||||||| you |||||||| are using. State what program you have set as your default |||||||| program for |||||||| managing Contacts for your operating system. Finally, importing |||||||| Contacts |||||||| often fails to resolve the electronic addresses. If your fax |||||||| numbers |||||||| are |||||||| not |||||||| resolved, they will not appear in the address book until you |||||||| resolve |||||||| them |||||||| (usually requires opening and Saving each Contact Record). |||||||| -- |||||||| Russ Valentine |||||||| [MVP-Outlook] |||||||| "rlastar" wrote in message |||||||| ... ||||||||| I imported all of my contacts directly from Access 2003. I ||||||||| see them ||||||||| fine ||||||||| when using Outlook. However when using MS Fax I click on the ||||||||| Address ||||||||| Book ||||||||| link and it doesn't see any of my imported contacts. It does ||||||||| see all ||||||||| of ||||||||| my ||||||||| contacts that were inputted manually. ||||||||| I can't figure out why or if I did something wrong. ||||||||| Any help would be appreciated. ||||||||| I am using Windows XP Home 
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February 19th 07, 03:02 AM
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MS Fax doesn't see Outlook 2003 contacts
Mail merges have always been able to use other data sources such as Access
databases or Excel spreadsheets. You just specify them at the appropriate step in the merge setup. -- Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] "rlastar" wrote in message ... How do I change the data source as it only lists Outlook? I looked for it in the help menu, but it's not there or I don't see it. Thanks "Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]" wrote: Use Access as the data source? -- Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook] Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. After furious head scratching, rlastar asked: | How else can I send a fax to a customer created in Access? | | "Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote: | || It's a bug in the importing process. Imported addresses are never || resolved until you open and save the record. Why was it necessary to || import these addresses? || -- || Russ Valentine || [MVP-Outlook] || "rlastar" wrote in message || ... ||| I'm not really sure what you mean, but I have been trying to figure ||| it out. ||| When I go into one of the records that XP Fax doesn't see, I modify ||| it and then re-save it. Now XP Fax sees it. I have over 5,000 ||| records so this would be very time consuming. Do you think I ||| imported incorrectly or is this ||| just a bug in the software? ||| Thanks ||| ||| "Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote: ||| |||| Answer my other question, please. |||| If you create a new Contact from scratch, will it appear in in the |||| Outlook |||| Address Book. I still suspect you have unresolved addresses. |||| -- |||| Russ Valentine |||| [MVP-Outlook] |||| "rlastar" wrote in message |||| ... ||||| Okay, I didn't realize it changed names. I am using Windows XP ||||| Fax as my ||||| OS ||||| is XP Home. ||||| My default Contact manager is Microsoft Office Outlook. ||||| All of the imported contacts have the valid fax number showing in ||||| their records. ||||| Now what? ||||| Thanks ||||| ||||| ||||| "Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote: ||||| |||||| You are not using Microsoft Fax. It has not been in use since |||||| Windows |||||| 95. |||||| Existing fax programs include Windows 2000 Personal Fax, Windows |||||| XP Fax, |||||| and |||||| Vista Fax and Scan. |||||| To examine your default Contact manager look at Control Panel |||||| Internet |||||| Options Programs... (depending on your operating system, which |||||| you have |||||| not mentioned). |||||| When you create a new Contact with a valid fax address, will it |||||| appear in |||||| your address book? If so, then you have found your problem. |||||| -- |||||| Russ Valentine |||||| [MVP-Outlook] |||||| "rlastar" wrote in message |||||| ... ||||||| Thanks for responding. ||||||| I state in the title that I am using MS or Microsoft Fax. ||||||| Not sure what you mean by "State what program you have set as ||||||| your default ||||||| program for managing Contacts for your operating system". I use ||||||| Outlook ||||||| 2003. ||||||| I tried opening up a record and resaving it, but that did not ||||||| resolve ||||||| my ||||||| issue. ||||||| ||||||| "Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote: ||||||| |||||||| A couple of things you need to check. First, clarify which fax |||||||| program |||||||| you |||||||| are using. State what program you have set as your default |||||||| program for |||||||| managing Contacts for your operating system. Finally, importing |||||||| Contacts |||||||| often fails to resolve the electronic addresses. If your fax |||||||| numbers |||||||| are |||||||| not |||||||| resolved, they will not appear in the address book until you |||||||| resolve |||||||| them |||||||| (usually requires opening and Saving each Contact Record). |||||||| -- |||||||| Russ Valentine |||||||| [MVP-Outlook] |||||||| "rlastar" wrote in message |||||||| ... ||||||||| I imported all of my contacts directly from Access 2003. I ||||||||| see them ||||||||| fine ||||||||| when using Outlook. However when using MS Fax I click on the ||||||||| Address ||||||||| Book ||||||||| link and it doesn't see any of my imported contacts. It does ||||||||| see all ||||||||| of ||||||||| my ||||||||| contacts that were inputted manually. ||||||||| I can't figure out why or if I did something wrong. ||||||||| Any help would be appreciated. ||||||||| I am using Windows XP Home
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February 19th 07, 11:29 AM
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MS Fax doesn't see Outlook 2003 contacts
Nevermind. I just realized you aren't using a fax merge, just the address
book. You're a victim of Outlook's inability to do an import correctly. There is an outside chance that repairing your PST file and resetting your address book service (remove it and re-add it from the profile) might set things straight. -- Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] "rlastar" wrote in message ... How do I change the data source as it only lists Outlook? I looked for it in the help menu, but it's not there or I don't see it. Thanks "Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]" wrote: Use Access as the data source? -- Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook] Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. After furious head scratching, rlastar asked: | How else can I send a fax to a customer created in Access? | | "Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote: | || It's a bug in the importing process. Imported addresses are never || resolved until you open and save the record. Why was it necessary to || import these addresses? || -- || Russ Valentine || [MVP-Outlook] || "rlastar" wrote in message || ... ||| I'm not really sure what you mean, but I have been trying to figure ||| it out. ||| When I go into one of the records that XP Fax doesn't see, I modify ||| it and then re-save it. Now XP Fax sees it. I have over 5,000 ||| records so this would be very time consuming. Do you think I ||| imported incorrectly or is this ||| just a bug in the software? ||| Thanks ||| ||| "Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote: ||| |||| Answer my other question, please. |||| If you create a new Contact from scratch, will it appear in in the |||| Outlook |||| Address Book. I still suspect you have unresolved addresses. |||| -- |||| Russ Valentine |||| [MVP-Outlook] |||| "rlastar" wrote in message |||| ... ||||| Okay, I didn't realize it changed names. I am using Windows XP ||||| Fax as my ||||| OS ||||| is XP Home. ||||| My default Contact manager is Microsoft Office Outlook. ||||| All of the imported contacts have the valid fax number showing in ||||| their records. ||||| Now what? ||||| Thanks ||||| ||||| ||||| "Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote: ||||| |||||| You are not using Microsoft Fax. It has not been in use since |||||| Windows |||||| 95. |||||| Existing fax programs include Windows 2000 Personal Fax, Windows |||||| XP Fax, |||||| and |||||| Vista Fax and Scan. |||||| To examine your default Contact manager look at Control Panel |||||| Internet |||||| Options Programs... (depending on your operating system, which |||||| you have |||||| not mentioned). |||||| When you create a new Contact with a valid fax address, will it |||||| appear in |||||| your address book? If so, then you have found your problem. |||||| -- |||||| Russ Valentine |||||| [MVP-Outlook] |||||| "rlastar" wrote in message |||||| ... ||||||| Thanks for responding. ||||||| I state in the title that I am using MS or Microsoft Fax. ||||||| Not sure what you mean by "State what program you have set as ||||||| your default ||||||| program for managing Contacts for your operating system". I use ||||||| Outlook ||||||| 2003. ||||||| I tried opening up a record and resaving it, but that did not ||||||| resolve ||||||| my ||||||| issue. ||||||| ||||||| "Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote: ||||||| |||||||| A couple of things you need to check. First, clarify which fax |||||||| program |||||||| you |||||||| are using. State what program you have set as your default |||||||| program for |||||||| managing Contacts for your operating system. Finally, importing |||||||| Contacts |||||||| often fails to resolve the electronic addresses. If your fax |||||||| numbers |||||||| are |||||||| not |||||||| resolved, they will not appear in the address book until you |||||||| resolve |||||||| them |||||||| (usually requires opening and Saving each Contact Record). |||||||| -- |||||||| Russ Valentine |||||||| [MVP-Outlook] |||||||| "rlastar" wrote in message |||||||| ... ||||||||| I imported all of my contacts directly from Access 2003. I ||||||||| see them ||||||||| fine ||||||||| when using Outlook. However when using MS Fax I click on the ||||||||| Address ||||||||| Book ||||||||| link and it doesn't see any of my imported contacts. It does ||||||||| see all ||||||||| of ||||||||| my ||||||||| contacts that were inputted manually. ||||||||| I can't figure out why or if I did something wrong. ||||||||| Any help would be appreciated. ||||||||| I am using Windows XP Home
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