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MS Office Forum / Outlook / Contacts / July 2006vcards
I'm attempting to use my contact information as a vcard insert to all my outgoing mail. I opened my contact information and from the file menu I chose Export to VCard file. I next created a signature and inserted said vcard as part of my signature, however, the inserted vcard does not contain the same information as my contact information. How can this be?  SignatureBob A vCard is not the same as an Outlook contact, which contains more fields than the vCard specification supports. SignatureSue Mosher, Outlook MVP Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003 http://www.turtleflock.com/olconfig/index.htm and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for Administrators, Power Users, and Developers http://www.outlookcode.com/jumpstart.aspx > I'm attempting to use my contact information as a vcard insert to all my > outgoing mail. I opened my contact information and from the file menu I > chose Export to VCard file. I next created a signature and inserted said > vcard as part of my signature, however, the inserted vcard does not contain > the same information as my contact information. How can this be? Thanks for your quick response Sue. However, when I look at my contact pop-up window and the vcard pop-up window they look exactly the same with all the same fields. What is different are the options under the Phone number fields, it appears that no matter what fields I choose, the vcard comes up with fields of its choosing. I've gone so far as to create new contact information for myself and export it to the vcard file with the same results. In addition, bolding in the notes section of the contact info doesn't carry over to the vcard. Bob SignatureBob > A vCard is not the same as an Outlook contact, which contains more fields than the vCard specification supports. > [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > vcard as part of my signature, however, the inserted vcard does not contain > > the same information as my contact information. How can this be? Exactly. A vCard is a text file following the vCard specification; you can open it in Notepad. It knows nothing about Outlook-specific features like formatting notes and selecting phone numbers. SignatureSue Mosher, Outlook MVP Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003 http://www.turtleflock.com/olconfig/index.htm and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for Administrators, Power Users, and Developers http://www.outlookcode.com/jumpstart.aspx > Thanks for your quick response Sue. However, when I look at my contact > pop-up window and the vcard pop-up window they look exactly the same with all [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] >> > vcard as part of my signature, however, the inserted vcard does not contain >> > the same information as my contact information. How can this be? Can I edit the vcard in Notepad and save it as I would like to see it? SignatureBob > Exactly. A vCard is a text file following the vCard specification; you can open it in Notepad. It knows nothing about Outlook-specific features like formatting notes and selecting phone numbers. > [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > >> > vcard as part of my signature, however, the inserted vcard does not contain > >> > the same information as my contact information. How can this be? Probably not, since the things you've cited as UI changes you'd like to see are not part of the vCard specification. SignatureSue Mosher, Outlook MVP Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003 http://www.turtleflock.com/olconfig/index.htm and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for Administrators, Power Users, and Developers http://www.outlookcode.com/jumpstart.aspx > Can I edit the vcard in Notepad and save it as I would like to see it? > [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] >> >> > vcard as part of my signature, however, the inserted vcard does not contain >> >> > the same information as my contact information. How can this be? Sue, Thank you, I really appreciate your taking the time to respond to my queries. Bob SignatureBob > Probably not, since the things you've cited as UI changes you'd like to see are not part of the vCard specification. > [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] > >> >> > vcard as part of my signature, however, the inserted vcard does not contain > >> >> > the same information as my contact information. How can this be? |
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