How do I convert my contacts to an address book in outlook xp?

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trip - 14 Feb 2005 21:47 GMT

I have read the help file on this topic, but when I bring up the properties
of my contacts folder and look at the "Outlook Address Book" tab, the radio
buttun "show this folder as an e-mail address book" is greyed out and
unselectable. My ISP is MSN and I use the Outlook Connector to get the HTTP
msn server to work with Outlook XP. Any ideas anyone?

thanks in advance!

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Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] - 14 Feb 2005 22:52 GMT

Have you added the Outlook Address Book Service to your profile?
Do you have Contacts that reside in a Contacts Folder in a local PST file?

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>I have read the help file on this topic, but when I bring up the properties
> of my contacts folder and look at the "Outlook Address Book" tab, the
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> thanks in advance!

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trip - 15 Feb 2005 16:55 GMT

No, I have not added the Outlook Address Book Service to my profile. At least
that I am aware of, how would I do this? And yes I do have a contacts folder
in a local PST file, but the option I described in the initial posting is
greyed out there as well.

> Have you added the Outlook Address Book Service to your profile?
> Do you have Contacts that reside in a Contacts Folder in a local PST file?
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> > thanks in advance!

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trip - 15 Feb 2005 18:37 GMT

Ok, I have successfully added the Outlook Address Book Service and now can
view email addresses from my "Outlook Today" MSN contacts folder in the
Outlook address book. Now I have a new question, is there a way to
synchronize the MSN contacts folder (not viewable offline) with a contacts
folder in a local pst file? Or is there someother work around to maintain the
address book when offline?

thanks for you help!

> No, I have not added the Outlook Address Book Service to my profile. At least
> that I am aware of, how would I do this? And yes I do have a contacts folder
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Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] - 15 Feb 2005 19:25 GMT

This should be possible with Outlook Connector, but only if you have an MSN
premium account.

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> Ok, I have successfully added the Outlook Address Book Service and now
> can
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trip - 15 Feb 2005 20:25 GMT

Thanks Russ, I appreciate your help.

> This should be possible with Outlook Connector, but only if you have an MSN
> premium account.
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