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MS Office Forum / Outlook / Contacts / February 2006Does Outlook 2000 Contacts "find' the email address field?
Why doesn't the email field in Contacts of Outlook 2000 show up for the "find" feature for searching? How can I get it to do that? Thank You. To which "Find" feature might you be referring?  SignatureRuss Valentine [MVP-Outlook] > Why doesn't the email field in Contacts of Outlook 2000 show up for the > "find" feature for searching? How can I get it to do that? Thank You. > To which "Find" feature might you be referring? > > Why doesn't the email field in Contacts of Outlook 2000 show up for the > > "find" feature for searching? How can I get it to do that? Thank You. > > In Outlook 2000 the Contacts folder has many fields: name, address, company, etc. If I want to find information for one of those fields, I go to the top of the screen to "Find" and it will search for it. However, if I have a contact form for which I don't have a name, but I do have an email address filled out in the email address field of the form, it won't find it. Thanks. Try Advanced Find. Also, the "Type to Find a Contact" field will return email addresses. SignatureRuss Valentine [MVP-Outlook] > >> To which "Find" feature might you be referring? [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] >> email address filled out in the email address field of the form, it won't >> find it. Thanks. Russ, Thanks for the response. The Advanced Find doesn't seem to recognize the email field in the Contact forms. I have been looking for the "Type to Find a Contact" field, but haven't yet. Could you point specifically where to find it? It isn't listed in the Help File that I could find, either. Thanks. > Try Advanced Find. Also, the "Type to Find a Contact" field will return > email addresses. [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > >> email address filled out in the email address field of the form, it won't > >> find it. Thanks. You must be doing something wrong, then. Find, Advanced Find, and "Type a Contact to Find" always return any email address (or portion thereof) I type in. List the precise steps you are using and make sure you are searching in the correct folder. SignatureRuss Valentine [MVP-Outlook] > Russ, > [quoted text clipped - 23 lines] >> >> won't >> >> find it. Thanks. I go to "Find" then "Advanced Find" and have the following fields available: "Look for: (I put any type of Outlook item since email isn't listed); In: (I specify Personal Folders; Contacts); Then there are 3 tabs: Any Items, More Choices, Advanced. Under Any Items are the following fields: Search for the word(s):(I put in the email address there); In: I put in "frequently-used text fields" there; From: (don't put in anything); Sent To: (I put in the email address again); Time: (none is already listed) On the right side of the "Advanced Find" box are buttons listed vertically: Find Now, Stop, New Search. So in all of that box I don't find "Type a contact to find" listed anywhere; nor under the tabs of "More Choices" and "Advanced". I wonder if this version is different. Under Help, About it says:Outlook 2000 SP-3 (9.0.06627) Thanks. > You must be doing something wrong, then. > Find, Advanced Find, and "Type a Contact to Find" always return any email [quoted text clipped - 28 lines] > >> >> won't > >> >> find it. Thanks. You may be restricting your search too much. I go to the Contacts Folder > Find > Look For: > type in an email address. Any Contact with that email address or any portion thereof is returned. Always has in every version. Is your Outlook Address Book functioning correctly? Maybe you aren't using Outlook. Are you using IMO mode of Outlook 2000? SignatureRuss Valentine [MVP-Outlook] >I go to "Find" then "Advanced Find" and have the following fields >available: [quoted text clipped - 63 lines] >> >> >> won't >> >> >> find it. Thanks. Initially I did it the way you just suggested, but when that didn't work, I tried to do it through the Advanced Find. I don't know if my Address Book is functioning completely, but it does do regular functions from what I can tell--at least in using the Inbox and Contact form to send E-mails. I am using the IMO mode of Outlook 2000. Would it be better to use the CW approach? Thanks. > You may be restricting your search too much. > I go to the Contacts Folder > Find > Look For: > type in an email address. [quoted text clipped - 69 lines] > >> >> >> won't > >> >> >> find it. Thanks. All bets are off with IMO since it does not use the Outlook Address Book engine. I wouldn't switch just yet in case the problem lies elsewhere. I may be able to resurrect an old IMO installation to see how it works. Thankfully, hardly any IMO installations exist anymore. SignatureRuss Valentine [MVP-Outlook] > Initially I did it the way you just suggested, but when that didn't work, > I [quoted text clipped - 92 lines] >> >> >> >> won't >> >> >> >> find it. Thanks. Russ, I appreaciate very much the effort you are giving on this. I will wait to hear back before doing anything, though it sound like CW might be the way to go. If so, how does that change things for functionality, if at all? Thanks. > All bets are off with IMO since it does not use the Outlook Address Book > engine. I wouldn't switch just yet in case the problem lies elsewhere. [quoted text clipped - 96 lines] > >> >> >> >> won't > >> >> >> >> find it. Thanks. Nope! IMO is not the problem. Read on. SignatureRuss Valentine [MVP-Outlook] > Russ, > [quoted text clipped - 119 lines] >> >> >> >> >> won't >> >> >> >> >> find it. Thanks. OK. Found an IMO installation. It should also work. The only difference is that it invokes the Windows Address Book engine to display your hits rather than filtering your Contacts Folder. SignatureRuss Valentine [MVP-Outlook] > Initially I did it the way you just suggested, but when that didn't work, > I [quoted text clipped - 92 lines] >> >> >> >> won't >> >> >> >> find it. Thanks. Does this mean there is a way to configure the IMO so the email field in the contact folder can be searched? How do I get the Windows Address Book engine? Or, would it still be better to do the CW approach? Thanks. > OK. Found an IMO installation. It should also work. The only difference is > that it invokes the Windows Address Book engine to display your hits rather [quoted text clipped - 95 lines] > >> >> >> >> won't > >> >> >> >> find it. Thanks. IMO uses the Windows Address Book by default. There is no configuration necessary. Your problem is elsewhere. Please read the reply to the other post. SignatureRuss Valentine [MVP-Outlook] > Does this mean there is a way to configure the IMO so the email field in > the [quoted text clipped - 118 lines] >> >> >> >> >> won't >> >> >> >> >> find it. Thanks. So what does this mean? What should I do with the information? Thanks. > OK. Found an IMO installation. It should also work. The only difference is > that it invokes the Windows Address Book engine to display your hits rather [quoted text clipped - 95 lines] > >> >> >> >> won't > >> >> >> >> find it. Thanks. You should search elsewhere for the problem by replying to my other question. SignatureRuss Valentine [MVP-Outlook] > So what does this mean? What should I do with the information? Thanks. > [quoted text clipped - 114 lines] >> >> >> >> >> won't >> >> >> >> >> find it. Thanks. Russ, I apologize, but I am missing some information. I'm not sure what your question was/is. One of your posts said to read on, but there wasn't more to read on it. Was the information elsewhere? You have been patient and helpful and I don't want to make this more difficult for you, but I'm not keeping all of the post straight or something. Thanks. > You should search elsewhere for the problem by replying to my other > question. [quoted text clipped - 116 lines] > >> >> >> >> >> won't > >> >> >> >> >> find it. Thanks. Russ, Here is what finally worked, though I don't know why. I uninstalled and reinstalled Outlook2000 and now the email field can be "found" through the "find" button at the top of the Contact screen. Thanks for all your help in processing me through this. Jerry > Russ, I apologize, but I am missing some information. I'm not sure what your > question was/is. One of your posts said to read on, but there wasn't more to [quoted text clipped - 122 lines] > > >> >> >> >> >> won't > > >> >> >> >> >> find it. Thanks. Russ, Here is more in addition to what is just below: I added the "E-mail" field in the "Show Fields" for my Outlook Contact folder, but none of the emails show up under that heading, even though they are there. Strange. > I go to "Find" then "Advanced Find" and have the following fields available: > "Look for: (I put any type of Outlook item since email isn't listed); In: (I [quoted text clipped - 49 lines] > > >> >> won't > > >> >> find it. Thanks. If you add the Email field to a list view of your Contacts Folder (e.g., Phone List) do you see the email addresses? SignatureRuss Valentine [MVP-Outlook] > Russ, > [quoted text clipped - 80 lines] >> > >> >> won't >> > >> >> find it. Thanks. You've made several posts. I've replied to all. You seem not to be seeing the replies where I asked you to troubleshoot what else might be wrong with your installation. I'll repeat here I asked you to do: 1. Verify that your Address Book Service is working correctly. (i.e., just open your address book and see if everything appears there as it should). 2. Use Field Chooser to add the Email field to a list view of your Contacts Folder (e.g., Phone List). Do you see the email addresses? SignatureRuss Valentine [MVP-Outlook] > Russ, > [quoted text clipped - 80 lines] >> > >> >> won't >> > >> >> find it. Thanks. |
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