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Dan - 06 Jan 2006 00:02 GMT

I have entered 350 contacts. I get a message that Outlook can't enter new
contact, "use contact file", which I am trying to use.Thanks, Dan

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Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] - 06 Jan 2006 00:41 GMT

Please construct a question that contains enough detail to permit an answer.
Include such things as your Outlook version, the precise steps you are
using, and the precise content of error messages.

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Russ Valentine
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>I have entered 350 contacts. I get a message that Outlook can't enter new
> contact, "use contact file", which I am trying to use.Thanks, Dan

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Dan - 06 Jan 2006 01:26 GMT

Am using Outlook 2003 (came with the computer I bought) At approx. 350
contacts entered, I receive this message "A new entry could not be added.
Please use the contacts module to create this entry." My method to enter a
new contact is: Click Tools, select Address Book, select File, select New
Entry, select New Contact, select OK. I was wondering if I have exceeded the
capacity and need to move all the contacts to a "Business Contact Manager for
Outlook" file. I have tried doing this as per the Microsoft Office Assistance
instructions which don't seem to work for me. In that I am using a free
version of Outlook 2003, do I have to purchase "Business Contact Manager for
Outlook"? Is this even the solution to my problem? Thanks, Dan

> Please construct a question that contains enough detail to permit an answer.
> Include such things as your Outlook version, the precise steps you are
> using, and the precise content of error messages.
> >I have entered 350 contacts. I get a message that Outlook can't enter new
> > contact, "use contact file", which I am trying to use.Thanks, Dan

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Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] - 06 Jan 2006 01:34 GMT

The error message already answered your question. There is no address book
in Outlook. Outlook uses Contacts Folders, not an address book. The address
book is simply a view of your Contacts Folder. You never use it to enter or
edit data. You do that in your Contacts Folder. It has been ever thus.

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Russ Valentine
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> Am using Outlook 2003 (came with the computer I bought) At approx. 350
> contacts entered, I receive this message "A new entry could not be added.
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>> >new
>> > contact, "use contact file", which I am trying to use.Thanks, Dan

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