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MS Office Forum / Outlook / Contacts / August 2007New Email TO: brings up ?Address book?
Outlook 2002. Something changed somplace. When I write a New email and click the TO icon, I get a SELECT NAMES dialog box. I want it to bring up my Contacts instead. It used to bring up the Contacts. How can I change it back? Lady Dungeness Crabby, but Great Legs! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Open your Address Book - tools->options->use the dropdown to set your first preferred folder for contacts.  SignatureMilly Staples [MVP - Outlook] Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. All unsolicited mail sent to my personal account will be deleted without reading. After furious head scratching, LadyDungeness@Fish.Net asked: | Outlook 2002. Something changed somplace. When I write a New email | and click the TO icon, I get a SELECT NAMES dialog box. I want it to [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] | Crabby, but Great Legs! | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I tried that, Milly, but it won't stick. My Contacts are named AH Contacts. That's what I chose in the dropdown. I applied, closed Outlook, restarted -- it still defaults to the "Address Book." Lady Dungeness Crabby, but Great Legs! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |Open your Address Book - tools->options->use the dropdown to set your first preferred folder for contacts. | [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] || Crabby, but Great Legs! || ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Is your AH contacts folder marked as an Outlook Address Book? Right click, properties, outlook address book tab. SignatureMilly Staples [MVP - Outlook] Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. All unsolicited mail sent to my personal account will be deleted without reading. After furious head scratching, LadyDungeness@Fish.Net asked: | I tried that, Milly, but it won't stick. My Contacts are named AH | Contacts. That's what I chose in the dropdown. I applied, closed [quoted text clipped - 24 lines] ||| Crabby, but Great Legs! ||| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I think I goofed. I unchecked the boxes for my Contacts folders to be listed as Outlook Address Books. The "AH Contacts" was never a folder -- it was the label on the rolodex-icon in the left pane. Now when I create a new email, click the icon on the TO line, I get the following: "The address book could not be displayed ... " and then the Outlook Address Book opens, blank. I still cannot get my Outlook Contacts to open. Lady Dungeness Crabby, but Great Legs! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |Is your AH contacts folder marked as an Outlook Address Book? Right click, properties, outlook address book tab. | [quoted text clipped - 35 lines] |||| Crabby, but Great Legs! |||| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I SAID, I DON'T GIVE A RAT'S A$$ WHAT EVERYBODY ELSE THINKS. Thank you - we get the message. Now calm down. This is only a news group, not rocket science. If you do not find the answer you want, and refuse to accept that pressing the TO: will ALWAYS bring up your Address Book, then you are welcome to contact Microsoft directly (Product Support Services - although that might not help since Outlook 2002 is out of mainstream support) for assistance. By the way, to configure what gets shown first, open your Address Book, select Tools->Options. Use the dropdown. I know, I know, this has been posted to you several times but it appears that somewhere a connection is not being made. Just my $ .02. SignatureMilly Staples [MVP - Outlook] Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. All unsolicited mail sent to my personal account will be deleted without reading. After furious head scratching, LadyDungeness@Fish.Net asked: | I SAID, I DON'T GIVE A RAT'S A$$ WHAT EVERYBODY ELSE THINKS. |
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