How to make Outlook the default address book when not using MIE?

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JC - 18 Jan 2005 22:39 GMT

I use Eudora for email but like Outlook for my address book in Word. I can't
seem to get Word to access Outlook unless I am using MIE which I wish not to
do.

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Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] - 19 Jan 2005 00:30 GMT

MIE?
Do not expect to be able to use Outlook's mail transports if you have not
enabled it.

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Russ Valentine
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>I use Eudora for email but like Outlook for my address book in Word. I
>can't
> seem to get Word to access Outlook unless I am using MIE which I wish not
> to
> do.

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JC - 19 Jan 2005 00:41 GMT

Perhaps the question I should have asked is how to "enable it". I don't
recall having to do anything special in Office '97.

> MIE?
> Do not expect to be able to use Outlook's mail transports if you have not
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Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] - 19 Jan 2005 03:07 GMT

You make Outlook your default mail program and Contact List manager in
Control Panel > Internet Options > Programs.

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Russ Valentine
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> Perhaps the question I should have asked is how to "enable it". I don't
> recall having to do anything special in Office '97.
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JC - 19 Jan 2005 05:07 GMT

Checked that and everything seems to be correct. I want Eudora for my default
email program and it is. Outlook is checked for contact list. Yet, it remains
inaccessible from Word.

> You make Outlook your default mail program and Contact List manager in
> Control Panel > Internet Options > Programs.
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Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] - 19 Jan 2005 10:22 GMT

Of course it does. You did not do what I told you.
You cannot access Outlook from Word if you are not using it as your email
program.

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> Checked that and everything seems to be correct. I want Eudora for my
> default
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JC - 19 Jan 2005 21:28 GMT

In Office '97 I was able to use Outlook and Eudora. So, I was surprised to
find I could no longer do so in '03. I much prefer Eudora so will just have
to manually change it whenever I want to use the contact information in
Outlook.

Thanks for your help.

> Of course it does. You did not do what I told you.
> You cannot access Outlook from Word if you are not using it as your email
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Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] - 19 Jan 2005 22:15 GMT

That's hard to understand. I've never seen any version of Outlook that did
not require Outlook's mail transports in order for Word's Address Book to
access Outlook's Contacts.

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> In Office '97 I was able to use Outlook and Eudora. So, I was surprised to
> find I could no longer do so in '03. I much prefer Eudora so will just
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