Within Outlook, I want same address book for two email accts

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John K - 24 Aug 2005 19:41 GMT

I have two email addresses, one for business and one for personal. Both use
Outlook. I want to copy the personal address book to new business email
address. I am not using Outlook Express, but Outlook 2003. How do I copy
this address book since it does not appear in new business email accts?

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Vince Averello [MVP-Outlook] - 24 Aug 2005 20:05 GMT

If you're using the 'Outlook Address Book' you need to copy the contacts
from one account to another. Are you using an Exchange Server or just local
PST (Personal Folder) files?

>I have two email addresses, one for business and one for personal. Both use
> Outlook. I want to copy the personal address book to new business email
> address. I am not using Outlook Express, but Outlook 2003. How do I copy
> this address book since it does not appear in new business email accts?

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John K - 24 Aug 2005 20:31 GMT

I am a one man office with one computer. I have a T-1 line for internet
access. I have had one email address for years and have accumulated a large
list of email addresses of which some are business and some are personal. My
company required me to have a new email address, but it does not have any
addresses in it at all. I have to add them one at a time. I know I need to
copy them from the old one, but I do not know how to do it. When I go to
"help", all the answers discuss copying from Outlook Express but copy to
what? I use Outlook because I use calendar, tasks, and email. As to your
question, I do not know the answer using your terminology. I create an email
address or add one to my "Outlook Contacts". I received another note that
Outlook 2003 does not have a "personal address book" service. Is that what
you were asking. It uses "Outlook Contacts". thanks for your help. How do
I keep both address books in both email accts after I copy them into the new
business acct? I can then delete any personal ones that are not business
oriented if I wish. thanks for your help. John K

> If you're using the 'Outlook Address Book' you need to copy the contacts
> from one account to another. Are you using an Exchange Server or just local
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> > address. I am not using Outlook Express, but Outlook 2003. How do I copy
> > this address book since it does not appear in new business email accts?

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Brian Tillman - 24 Aug 2005 20:07 GMT

> I have two email addresses, one for business and one for personal.
> Both use Outlook. I want to copy the personal address book to new
> business email address. I am not using Outlook Express, but Outlook
> 2003. How do I copy this address book since it does not appear in
> new business email accts?

Outlook 2003 doesn't use the Personal Address Book service. It uses a
Contacts to store contacts. Can you describe more exactly what you want to
do?

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John K - 24 Aug 2005 20:36 GMT

Brian, thanks for your help. I have had one email address for all needs for
a long time so I have accumulated a large email address book. Each time I add
to it, I add it to "Outlook Contacts" as you seem to know. My company
requires me now to have a separate email address for business use only. When
I want to send a business email, I have to add the address in one person at a
time, and then send them an email. Their address is already in the Outlook
Contact list for my old persoanl email address, but I cannot find out how to
copy it and all of the others over to the new business email acct. All
instructions on this that I can find in "help" files relate to Outlook
Express. I use the calendar, tasks, and other Outlook 2003 tools so wish to
use their email and address book too. I do not know what else to say. I
just want to copy one address book to the new account and also keep it in the
old one. I can then delete one by one, if it is not related to business.
thanks for your help. John K

> > I have two email addresses, one for business and one for personal.
> > Both use Outlook. I want to copy the personal address book to new
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> Contacts to store contacts. Can you describe more exactly what you want to
> do?

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Brian Tillman - 25 Aug 2005 14:39 GMT

> Brian, thanks for your help. I have had one email address for all
> needs for a long time so I have accumulated a large email address
> book. Each time I add to it, I add it to "Outlook Contacts" as you
> seem to know. My company requires me now to have a separate email
> address for business use only.

What type of account(s) do you have defined in Outlook? Is it POP,
Exchange, or IMAP?

> When I want to send a business email,
> I have to add the address in one person at a time, and then send them
> an email. Their address is already in the Outlook Contact list for
> my old persoanl email address, but I cannot find out how to copy it
> and all of the others over to the new business email acct.

If you can see the old Contacts when using the new business account, why do
you believe you need to copy anything?

> All instructions on this that I can find in "help" files relate to
> Outlook Express.

Have you clicked Help in Outlook and searched for "copy Contact"?

> I use the calendar, tasks, and other Outlook 2003
> tools so wish to use their email and address book too. I do not know
> what else to say. I just want to copy one address book to the new
> account and also keep it in the old one. I can then delete one by
> one, if it is not related to business. thanks for your help. John K

There is only one address book when using Outlook, and that should reflect
the contents of your Contacts folder and the company Global Address List, if
you're using Exchange.

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