Update contacts when their company name or information has changed

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AlSchultz - 18 Nov 2004 19:10 GMT

I am using Outlook 2000 and 2002. A bunch of my business contacts work for a
company whose name has now changed. How can I change this information for
all of them at once? Of course, I can edit this for each person
one-at-a-time, but I do not have the time. I have a similar problem when a
company changes its address or its main phone number. A related question is
how I can change phone numbers for a large group of contacts who work for the
same company but have individual phone numbers--the area code is changing but
the rest of the number remains the same. Is there a search-and-replace
function?

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Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook] - 18 Nov 2004 19:35 GMT

Try the technique at
http://www.slipstick.com/outlook/searchreplacecompany.htm and the phone
tools at http://www.slipstick.com/addins/contacts.htm

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>I am using Outlook 2000 and 2002. A bunch of my business contacts work for
>a
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> the rest of the number remains the same. Is there a search-and-replace
> function?

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AlSchultz - 18 Nov 2004 22:15 GMT

Thanks. That was easy. I am not sure what Table View is in the first
slipstick article but I just changed the view to view Contacts by Company and
followed the directions. Worked fine. Whether this will work for other
COntact info will have to wait.

> Try the technique at
> http://www.slipstick.com/outlook/searchreplacecompany.htm and the phone
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> > the rest of the number remains the same. Is there a search-and-replace
> > function?

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