Hi all - I am using Vista and Outlook 2007.

I am trying to organize my contacts by creating Contact Groups and moving
individual contacts into their appropriate group.

1. I select 'Contacts' in the Navigation Pane by clicking on it
2. I click on 'Add New Group' and get a Group Bar (?) titled 'New Group'
with that name highlighted
3. I rename that group to 'Family' and press enter
4. At this point:
a. I cannot open the group to add contacts
b. I cannot drag an existing contact into the group
c. I cannot do anything at all with this group except for those
actions offered in it's context menu; ie, I can Rename it, Remove it, Move
it Up, Move it Down, etc. I just can't get any contacts into it.

Can anyone suggest where I am going wrong?

Thanks

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Andrew Aitchison
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"Andrew Aitchison" wrote in message
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Hi all - I am using Vista and Outlook 2007.

I am trying to organize my contacts by creating Contact Groups and moving
individual contacts into their appropriate group.

Presumably you are talking about Distribution Lists - Outlook doesn't use
"groups" but WINDOWS MAIL does.

1. I select 'Contacts' in the Navigation Pane by clicking on it
2. I click on 'Add New Group' and get a Group Bar (?) titled 'New Group'
with that name highlighted

See above - please be precise with your terminology - we cannot see your
computer.


3. I rename that group to 'Family' and press enter
4. At this point:
a. I cannot open the group to add contacts
b. I cannot drag an existing contact into the group
c. I cannot do anything at all with this group except for those
actions offered in it's context menu; ie, I can Rename it, Remove it, Move
it Up, Move it Down, etc. I just can't get any contacts into it.

Can anyone suggest where I am going wrong?


Looks like you are using Windows Mail and not Outlook....

Hi Gordon - I am using Outlook 2007. All I have listed is what I get I click
contacts in the Navigation Pane and there is an option to 'Add New Group' I
click it and I can add a group. Etc as per the steps I have listed.

I do use Windows mail but only for posting to and reading newsgroups.

Thanks

"Gordon" wrote in message
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"Andrew Aitchison" wrote in message
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Hi all - I am using Vista and Outlook 2007.

I am trying to organize my contacts by creating Contact Groups and moving
individual contacts into their appropriate group.

Presumably you are talking about Distribution Lists - Outlook doesn't use
"groups" but WINDOWS MAIL does.

1. I select 'Contacts' in the Navigation Pane by clicking on it
2. I click on 'Add New Group' and get a Group Bar (?) titled 'New Group'
with that name highlighted

See above - please be precise with your terminology - we cannot see your
computer.


3. I rename that group to 'Family' and press enter
4. At this point:
a. I cannot open the group to add contacts
b. I cannot drag an existing contact into the group
c. I cannot do anything at all with this group except for those
actions offered in it's context menu; ie, I can Rename it, Remove it,
Move it Up, Move it Down, etc. I just can't get any contacts into it.

Can anyone suggest where I am going wrong?


Looks like you are using Windows Mail and not Outlook....

"Andrew Aitchison" wrote in message
...
Hi Gordon - I am using Outlook 2007. All I have listed is what I get I
click contacts in the Navigation Pane and there is an option to 'Add New
Group' I click it and I can add a group. Etc as per the steps I have
listed.


I see. "Groups" is NOTHING to do with a distribution list.
Click on "New" at the top and choose Distribution List.

Andrew Aitchison wrote:

I am trying to organize my contacts by creating Contact Groups and
moving individual contacts into their appropriate group.

That's not what the Navigation Pane "groups" are for. They are to hold
collections of _folders_, not collections of items.
--
Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]

Andrew, additionally to Brian, you might assign categories to your contacts.
Then switch to a view by categories. Benifit is, you still have all of your
contacts only once - no double entries.

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Best regards
Michael Bauer - MVP Outlook
Use Outlook Categories? This is Your Tool:
http://www.vboffice.net/product.html?id=2006063&cmd=detail&lang=en&pub=6

Am Wed, 26 Mar 2008 11:15:37 -0400 schrieb Andrew Aitchison:

Hi all - I am using Vista and Outlook 2007.

I am trying to organize my contacts by creating Contact Groups and moving
individual contacts into their appropriate group.

1. I select 'Contacts' in the Navigation Pane by clicking on it
2. I click on 'Add New Group' and get a Group Bar (?) titled 'New Group'
with that name highlighted
3. I rename that group to 'Family' and press enter
4. At this point:
a. I cannot open the group to add contacts
b. I cannot drag an existing contact into the group
c. I cannot do anything at all with this group except for those
actions offered in it's context menu; ie, I can Rename it, Remove it, Move
it Up, Move it Down, etc. I just can't get any contacts into it.

Can anyone suggest where I am going wrong?

Thanks

Thanks all for your input - it is appreciated. Looks like I have some more
reading up to do. Michael - I'll give categories a try.

Again - thanks all.

Andrew Aitchison

"Michael Bauer [MVP - Outlook]" wrote in message
...


Andrew, additionally to Brian, you might assign categories to your
contacts.
Then switch to a view by categories. Benifit is, you still have all of
your
contacts only once - no double entries.

--
Best regards
Michael Bauer - MVP Outlook
Use Outlook Categories? This is Your Tool:

http://www.vboffice.net/product.html?id=2006063&cmd=detail&lang=en&pub=6

Am Wed, 26 Mar 2008 11:15:37 -0400 schrieb Andrew Aitchison:

Hi all - I am using Vista and Outlook 2007.

I am trying to organize my contacts by creating Contact Groups and moving
individual contacts into their appropriate group.

1. I select 'Contacts' in the Navigation Pane by clicking on it
2. I click on 'Add New Group' and get a Group Bar (?) titled 'New Group'
with that name highlighted
3. I rename that group to 'Family' and press enter
4. At this point:
a. I cannot open the group to add contacts
b. I cannot drag an existing contact into the group
c. I cannot do anything at all with this group except for those
actions offered in it's context menu; ie, I can Rename it, Remove it,
Move
it Up, Move it Down, etc. I just can't get any contacts into it.

Can anyone suggest where I am going wrong?

Thanks

Didn't answer your question did they? I have the same needs, and exactly the
same problem, and there isn't a single MVP out there that seems to understand
that I don't want distribution lists in one grouping, or categories for that
matter. I want completly new groups, and the entries won't be duplicated
from one group to another.

I guess Microsoft just gave us another 'nothing' to work with if the MVPs
can't understand our request and give some help.

Oh, well


"Andrew Aitchison" wrote:

Hi all - I am using Vista and Outlook 2007.

I am trying to organize my contacts by creating Contact Groups and moving
individual contacts into their appropriate group.

1. I select 'Contacts' in the Navigation Pane by clicking on it
2. I click on 'Add New Group' and get a Group Bar (?) titled 'New Group'
with that name highlighted
3. I rename that group to 'Family' and press enter
4. At this point:
a. I cannot open the group to add contacts
b. I cannot drag an existing contact into the group
c. I cannot do anything at all with this group except for those
actions offered in it's context menu; ie, I can Rename it, Remove it, Move
it Up, Move it Down, etc. I just can't get any contacts into it.

Can anyone suggest where I am going wrong?

Thanks

--

Andrew Aitchison
)

"Raas" wrote in message
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Didn't answer your question did they? I have the same needs, and exactly
the
same problem, and there isn't a single MVP out there that seems to
understand
that I don't want distribution lists in one grouping, or categories for
that
matter. I want completly new groups, and the entries won't be duplicated
from one group to another.

I guess Microsoft just gave us another 'nothing' to work with if the MVPs
can't understand our request and give some help.



No YOU misunderstand what a Group is. It's NOTHING to do with a list of
contacts.
From Outlook Help, which you seem unable to look at:
Add a shortcut to a shortcut group
1.. On the Go menu, click Shortcuts.
2.. In the Shortcuts pane, in the Navigation Pane, click Add New Shortcut.
3.. In the Add to Navigation Pane dialog box, click the folder that you
want to create a shortcut for, and then click OK.
4.. New shortcuts are added to the first shortcut group on the list. If
you want the shortcut to be in another group, click the shortcut that you
added, and drag it to the shortcut group that you want.

Hey Andrew, if you're still monitoring this, I got it to work.

Set up your new group with its name. (family)
Select the new group.
Select the down arrow next to "New" and click on 'folder'.
This should create a new folder in "family". If it creates in "My Contacts"
then drag it down to "Family" and it will set up under that group.
Select the "Family" folder.
Click on 'New', and enter your contact information.

It is now a seperate GROUP, not a distribution list, not a category, but a
seperate group that you can deal with as you would the original group that
everyone has been trying to hoist on you.

It works great!

Hope you get this and that it helps.



"Andrew Aitchison" wrote:

Hi all - I am using Vista and Outlook 2007.

I am trying to organize my contacts by creating Contact Groups and moving
individual contacts into their appropriate group.

1. I select 'Contacts' in the Navigation Pane by clicking on it
2. I click on 'Add New Group' and get a Group Bar (?) titled 'New Group'
with that name highlighted
3. I rename that group to 'Family' and press enter
4. At this point:
a. I cannot open the group to add contacts
b. I cannot drag an existing contact into the group
c. I cannot do anything at all with this group except for those
actions offered in it's context menu; ie, I can Rename it, Remove it, Move
it Up, Move it Down, etc. I just can't get any contacts into it.

Can anyone suggest where I am going wrong?

Thanks

--

Andrew Aitchison
)