How do I put Contacts in my Personal Address book?

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Gail R - 14 Jul 2006 21:00 GMT

After upgrade to Outlook 2003, my Personal Address Book disappeared. How do I
get this back, or move SOME from my contacts list to my Personal Address book?

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Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] - 14 Jul 2006 21:22 GMT

Outlook has not used a PAB for years. It is obsolete and will no longer be
supported. Are you certain you were using a PAB and if so why?
Explain your problem more clearly.

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Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

> After upgrade to Outlook 2003, my Personal Address Book disappeared. How
> do I
> get this back, or move SOME from my contacts list to my Personal Address
> book?

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Gail R - 17 Jul 2006 16:14 GMT

My company was using Outlook 97. Since Outlook has "not used PAB for years",
I guess that answers my question. What I find now are multiple entries in the
contact address book, and VERY slow recognition of addresses when addressing
a new email. Sometimes people I frequently send to are not even found! I
would like the ability to define a "work" address book and a "personal"
address book to speed the search. That was how I used my "obselete" PAB. I
keep contact listing like, my dentist, physician, and these do not need to be
a part of the "work" address book.

I hope that is "clear" enough.

> Outlook has not used a PAB for years. It is obsolete and will no longer be
> supported. Are you certain you were using a PAB and if so why?
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> > get this back, or move SOME from my contacts list to my Personal Address
> > book?

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Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] - 17 Jul 2006 17:52 GMT

How much longer do you intend to use Outlook 97?
Are you saying that you now use both a PAB and the Outlook Address Book in
the same profile?

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Russ Valentine
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> My company was using Outlook 97. Since Outlook has "not used PAB for
> years",
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>> > Address
>> > book?

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Gail R - 18 Jul 2006 16:36 GMT

As per my first posting, we upgraded to Outlook 2003 and that was when I
realized I had lost the PAB.

> How much longer do you intend to use Outlook 97?
> Are you saying that you now use both a PAB and the Outlook Address Book in
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> >> > Address
> >> > book?

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Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] - 18 Jul 2006 20:49 GMT

Please provide clear and complete information. We simply can't read minds.
How was this upgrade done? What information store are you using? Did you
ever migrate your PAB to Contacts? Were you using only a PAB in Outlook 97
or also the Outlook Address Book?
An in place upgrade would not "lose" your PAB.

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Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

> As per my first posting, we upgraded to Outlook 2003 and that was when I
> realized I had lost the PAB.
[quoted text clipped - 33 lines]
>> >> > Address
>> >> > book?

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