Here's my guess as to what has happened.....

 Does she have an email address on her Contact record???  If not, Outlook
was correct in not showing her as you cannot invite her to a meeting
electronically.

 Judy Gleeson [MVP Outlook]
 Acorn Training and Consulting
 www.acorntraining.com.au

 Everyone - turn on your Advanced Toolbars and learn how to use the Field
Chooser and Group by Box!!

 > Hello all.
 >
 > I use Office 2003 Professional at home for mostly personal usage. No
 > Exchange server involved at all.
 >
 > After receiving a phone call from my brother notifying me of a birthday
 > party, as usual I entered it in my Outlook calendar while he was telling
me
 > about it.  He asked me to notify a number of other family members, so I
 > immediately clicked "Invite Attendees", then "To:",  and started
selecting
 > them from the resulting dialog.  Figured I'd let my wife know, too; she
was
 > at work at the time.
 >
 > However when I searched for her Contact, it couldn't be found.  I
scrolled
 > the entire list - approximately 500 contacts. With multiple email
addresses
 > for many of them, the list is probably about 1,500 strong. (I hate
 > scrolling...).
 >
 > No dice.  Her contact information simply doesn't exist as far as the
"To:"
 > selection dialog is concerned.
 >
 > I double checked my Contacts folder to make sure that her contact is
listed
 > there - it is.  I tried the Find... facility in Contacts, Ctrl+E, and
 > searched using her first name, then just her last name, and then just a
 > small partial of her work email address - all of these found her without
a
 > hiccup.  Same with the Advanced Find: Ctrl+Shft+F.
 >
 > I reviewed her card to make certain that I don't have it marked as
"Private"
 > or anything else unusual that could possibly make the contact become not
 > visible to certain dialogs.  There doesn't appear to be anything
different
 > to other listed contacts.
 >
 > I use the Contacts folder and not the Outlook Address Book in all areas
of
 > Outlook, and the "To:" selection dialog is also set to use "Contacts" in
the
 > combo box near the top right.
 >
 > It appears that most of the rest of my contacts show in that dialog,
though
 > unless I search through all of them, I can't be certain.
 >
 > I am using the Main (default) Contacts folder for all of these
operations.
 > There are others, but hers is definitrly in the main folder.
 >
 > I'm far from an advanced Outlook user, so I am about out of ideas!  By
the
 > time anyone responds, she'll be home and I can tell her in person!  No
need
 > to send it via the Meeting Invitation - I just decided to include her
work
 > address for the heck of it.  But now I'm concerned that either my
 > setup/options are somehow incorrect, or something else is out of whack.
 >
 > I ran the PST Scan tool to repair the PST just in case. Results are
still
 > the same. Also, the same "To:" dialog can't find her contact info for
Mail
 > either. Stands to reason, as it's the same dialog, but I thought I'd
mention
 > it anyway.
 >
 > Environment: HP Pavilion M270N Desktop w/Pentium 2.8 GHz and 1.5 GB DDR
RAM,
 > running Windows Media Center Edition (2004) over XP Pro w/SP2.  All MS
 > Updates are current.
 >
 > Also, Microsoft Office 2003 Professional Edition (SP2 is installed) with
 > Business Contacts NOT in use - I never set it up. Also, all MS Office
 > updates are current.
 >
 > Any help and/or advice is greatly appreciated!
 >
 > Thanks.
 > --
 > Jim McGowan
 >
 >
 >