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MS Office Forum / Outlook / Contacts / November 2004Contact won't show in addreess book
Outlook 2003. Started NEW ident. Had a blank Outlook. Was able to 'import' some valid .pst files and a contact list from a .csv. Worked fine. Have 600 contacts! But when I click on address book, it says contacts were either deleted or I don't have 'permission'. (I am only one using this program) Have tried to see if I could import WAB file. Could find no way, it wanted to import into contacts, so now my Contacts is full of duplicates! Checked out the links 'help' suggested. No help. Have a large pst file I moved into 'new ident' but guess it doesn't have contacts listed... Or it didn't like being moved (Still have it in orig. spot, but at this point, don't know what to do w/it!) HOW do I get all these contacts to show in address book? Somehow, by following advice on a help url, I have my .pst in the correct place for my new ident. AND I now show everything in Outlook 2003 EXCEPT CONTACTS & Address book! If I try to 'open' the pst file again, won't I get all these things in duplicate??? So how can I 'import' a csv file to outlook contacts, AND a wab file to address book??? Thanks! If you had Contacts in a PST file before and don't now, you have not yet found the correct PST file. Why do you think you need to import from a CSV or a WAB? Just find the correct PST file and configure Outlook to use it. Instructions: http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/assistance/HA010771141033.aspx  SignatureRuss Valentine [MVP-Outlook] > Somehow, by following advice on a help url, I have my .pst in the > correct place for my new ident. [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > Thanks! WORKED!!! Thanks! But now I have 1folder called ADDRESS BOOK (EMPTY) and 2 folder IN ADDRESS BOOK all named CONTACT. Found out w/help files how to delete 2 of 'em, but how to know which one I want to keep??? Don't seem to be able to rename or note CONTACT folder that contains all my data. , 28 Nov 2004 05:12:00 -0500, "Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" <russval@mvps.org> wrote: >If you had Contacts in a PST file before and don't now, you have not yet >found the correct PST file. Why do you think you need to import from a CSV >or a WAB? Just find the correct PST file and configure Outlook to use it. >Instructions: >http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/assistance/HA010771141033.aspx The Address Book should appear empty. It simply holds the Contact Folder you have designated as email address books. You can remove any invalid references to Contact Folders here: Tools > E-mail accounts > View or change existing directories or address books > Outlook Address Book > Change. SignatureRuss Valentine [MVP-Outlook] > WORKED!!! Thanks! > [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] >>Instructions: >>http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/assistance/HA010771141033.aspx Yep, Found this. But how do I know which is the 'valid' folder and which are the 'invalid'. They all are listed as 'CONTACT'. I've renamed the 'data' CONTACT folder to CONTACT1. And so it shows in the address book and folder panel. But not in he Outlook Address Book/change; there are 3 folders listed, all 'CONTACTS'. I do not want to accidently delete my data containing CONTACT folder. Been though too much getting it back!!! n, 28 Nov 2004 16:00:58 -0500, "Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" <russval@mvps.org> wrote: >The Address Book should appear empty. It simply holds the Contact Folder you >have designated as email address books. You can remove any invalid >references to Contact Folders here: >Tools > E-mail accounts > View or change existing directories or address >books > Outlook Address Book > Change. You can't tell. Don't sweat it. If you remove the wrong one you can always add it back and remove the other. Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] > Yep, Found this. But how do I know which is the 'valid' folder and > which are the 'invalid'. They all are listed as 'CONTACT'. [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] >>Tools > E-mail accounts > View or change existing directories or address >>books > Outlook Address Book > Change. K. I'll export CONTACTS to a csv file, then will be easy to import! Thanks so much for the help... (Been trying to get 'Outlook for Dummies' from my library, but it's reserved for months to come!) >You can't tell. Don't sweat it. If you remove the wrong one you can >always add it back and remove the other. [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] >>>Tools > E-mail accounts > View or change existing directories or address >>>books > Outlook Address Book > Change. Why would you do that? All we're dealing with here is an invalid reference to your Contacts Folder in the Outlook Address Book. The Contacts Folder itself is not the problem. Changing file formats is a good way to lose data. SignatureRuss Valentine [MVP-Outlook] > K. I'll export CONTACTS to a csv file, then will be easy to import! > [quoted text clipped - 26 lines] >>>>Tools > E-mail accounts > View or change existing directories or address >>>>books > Outlook Address Book > Change. |
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