Merging Multiple Contact Folders

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Robert - 26 Jul 2006 21:51 GMT

I currently have 2 contact folders in my personal folders of Outlook 2003 and
I would like to know whether or not they can be combined into one folder and
if so, how is it accomplished?

I'm using Windows XP Home Edition.

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Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook] - 26 Jul 2006 21:53 GMT

Yes, just copy the items.

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>I currently have 2 contact folders in my personal folders of Outlook 2003 and
> I would like to know whether or not they can be combined into one folder and
> if so, how is it accomplished?
>
> I'm using Windows XP Home Edition.

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Robert - 26 Jul 2006 22:35 GMT

Sue

Thanks for the response however each time I attempt to copy the contacts in
Folder 2 to Folder 1, it creates a 3rd folder which contains exactly the same
entries from Folder 2. I'm trying to eliminate the need to toggle between
the two contact folders. Am I doing something incorrectly?

Robert

> Yes, just copy the items.
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Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] - 26 Jul 2006 22:47 GMT

Yes. Read my reply and reread Sue's. We've both told you to copy the
contents, not the Folders.

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Robert - 26 Jul 2006 22:49 GMT

Sue

I accomplished it. I was attempting to "Select All" and then "Copy to
Folder" but that wasn't working. I then "Select All" and once all were
highlighted, I dragged the highlight as a group over the primary contact
folder and that worked.

Thanks to all who responsed.

Robert

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Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] - 26 Jul 2006 22:24 GMT

Copy the contents of one folder into the other.

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>I currently have 2 contact folders in my personal folders of Outlook 2003
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> I'm using Windows XP Home Edition.

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