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MS Office Forum / Outlook / Contacts / August 2005how do i create a personal address book in outlook 97?
I'm using Outlook 97 with windows XP standard. I recently upgraded to the 90 day trial version of Office 2003, which I found made my computer too unstable (particularly in Outlook) so I exported my contacts as a .pst file, uninstalled all of 2003 and reinstalled the 97 suite. I then imported the .pst file, which shows up in my Contacts folder in its entirety, but not at all in my address book. I tried the Contacts-Properties-Outlook Address Book, but it doesn't allow me any options (it's all greyed out). I know a .pab is different from the contacts list, but I can't find anything to help me convert all these contacts into a .pab. I can still send emails to these contacts by clicking on them individually, but what I really need is an address book! Please help! Is the Outlook Address Book service shown here: Tools menu > Services? > I'm using Outlook 97 with windows XP standard. I recently upgraded to the > 90 [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > contacts by clicking on them individually, but what I really need is an > address book! Please help! No, Services is not listed as any option under Tools or any of the submenus under tools (which include Find, Accounts, Address Book, Send/Receive, etc.) > Is the Outlook Address Book service shown here: Tools menu > Services? > [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > > contacts by clicking on them individually, but what I really need is an > > address book! Please help! OK, check in the Mail applet of the Control Panel and see if you can add it there > No, Services is not listed as any option under Tools or any of the > submenus > under tools (which include Find, Accounts, Address Book, Send/Receive, > etc.) That basically gives me the same menus as the Tools inside outlook. Every time I try adding a new directory (Personal Address Book) under Email accounts (which seemed the logical thing to do) it keeps giving me the same error message -- "The account you have added is not fully configured. It might not work properly until re-configured correctly." Okay, fine. But HOW do I reconfigure it? It would be nice if they mentioned that part! Instead it just doesn't let me go any further in the process and that's where I hit the brick wall. > OK, check in the Mail applet of the Control Panel and see if you can add it > there [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > under tools (which include Find, Accounts, Address Book, Send/Receive, > > etc.) You really don't need to add the Personal Address Book service. You'll probably be better served by the Outlook Address Book which dynamically creates the address book from your Contacts. I'm just wondering if OL2003 left stuff around that's mucking up the OL97 configuration. Have you tried creating a fresh MAPI profile in the Control Panel's Mail applet? > That basically gives me the same menus as the Tools inside outlook. Every > time I try adding a new directory (Personal Address Book) under Email [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > hit > the brick wall. Actually I did. It started off pretty promising, but ultimately the same thing happened in the end, without my being able to create any kind of contacts folders I can access from my address book, even though all the contacts are still intact in the Contacts folder in the Outlook menu. > You really don't need to add the Personal Address Book service. You'll > probably be better served by the Outlook Address Book which dynamically [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > > hit > > the brick wall. What services show up when you try to add one? > Actually I did. It started off pretty promising, but ultimately the same > thing happened in the end, without my being able to create any kind of > contacts folders I can access from my address book, even though all the > contacts are still intact in the Contacts folder in the Outlook menu. |
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