> I am trying to make some global changes to the telephone number
> fields in my Outlook/Exchange address book (most of them are in the
> wrong format). I am thinking the best way to do this will be to
> export the address book in an appropriate format (probably Excel)
> then use the replace/change function to make the changes required. I
> could then import the file back into Outlook.
You can't change the values in the Global Address List that way. You must
change the Active Directory information.
> My question is whether I need to export every field that I know I
> have used in any of my contacts or whether I could just export, say,
> Name, Home Phone, Business Phone and Mobile Phone and whether when I
> re-the import just those fields they will update only those fields in
> the address book leaving the others untouched.
If the Contacts are local, it may work that way, but I suspect it's more
likely that you'll wind up with two contacts for each change: the original
and another containing only the information you've specified.

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Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]