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MS Office Forum / Outlook / Contacts / March 2007How do I make my Contacts my Address Book in Outlook 2007?
I just migrated to a new computer and moved from Outlook 2003 to Outlook 2007. All of my Outlook data appears to have migrated successfully however Outlook does not recognize my Contacts as my address book. I've tried the published "fixes" but they all apply to Outlook 2003 and the 2007 menus don't work exactly the same. > I just migrated to a new computer and moved from Outlook 2003 to > Outlook 2007. All of my Outlook data appears to have migrated > successfully however Outlook does not recognize my Contacts as my > address book. I've tried the published "fixes" but they all apply to > Outlook 2003 and the 2007 menus don't work exactly the same. They may not be exactly the same menus, but the exact same principles apply. It shouldn't be that difficult to find the menu items you need.  SignatureBrian Tillman The menus are slightly different but they do work the same. Just use Tools > Accounts > Address Book Tab to add and configure the Outlook Address Book. If you can't, then provide information on why you can't and how you migrated your data. If done incorrectly it can demolish the Outlook Address Book Service. SignatureRuss Valentine [MVP-Outlook] >I just migrated to a new computer and moved from Outlook 2003 to Outlook > 2007. All of my Outlook data appears to have migrated successfully [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > don't > work exactly the same. When I go to Tools>Account Settings>Address Book, Outlook Address Book is listed, the "type" is MAPI. The only actions available on that page are "New" and "Change". If I select New>Additional Address Books it won't allow me to pick "Outlook Address Book" as a type, because it already exists. If I select Change, the dialog that appears has an empty list of Outlook Address Books. The instruction on that box says to select the Contacts folder, then Properties, then the Outlook Address Book tab. However the selection "Show this folder as an email Address Book is unchecked and is "grayed out." Am I missing something obvious here? I migrated the data from my previous computer (Windows XP; Office 2003) to a new Dell 620 with Vista & Office 2007. I used the data migration tool that comes with Vista. > The menus are slightly different but they do work the same. > Just use Tools > Accounts > Address Book Tab to add and configure the [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > don't > > work exactly the same. Bingo. You have a corrupt profile. You cannot use Vista's Easy Transfer with Outlook. It does not work. Create a new profile from scratch and then open your old data file in that profile and set it as the default. Once you do, you will be able to configure the Outlook Address Book according to those instructions. SignatureRuss Valentine [MVP-Outlook] > When I go to Tools>Account Settings>Address Book, Outlook Address Book is > listed, the "type" is MAPI. The only actions available on that page are [quoted text clipped - 31 lines] >> > don't >> > work exactly the same. |
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