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First, are these Contacts that have electronic addresses? Those are the only
ones that should appear.
If so, check the configuration of your Outlook Address Book and make sure
you are displaying the Contacts Folder to which you are adding Contacts. You
did not post your Outlook version. This will suffice for recent versions:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;287563&Product=ol2002

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Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
> hi, i am running office xp all patched up but get a problem when adding
> contacts. i can add a contact but then when i go to view them in the
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> Any help appreciated!!