Creating a distribution list from a Category

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catch9 - 16 Jan 2004 04:05 GMT

I have categories assigned to groups of people. Now I
want to be able to make a distribution list from a
category. Either that, or I want to be able to add a new
contact to an existing distribution list.

Anyone know how to do this?

Also, I do not have my original Office 2000 disks -
anyone know how to get the patches and updates without
them? I transferred Office from an old PC using Aloha
Bob - I have no idea where my old disks are.

HELP!

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catch9 - 16 Jan 2004 04:59 GMT

I may have answered my own question - sort of.
I read this post:
http://groups.google.com/groups?
q=outlook+distribution+list&start=10&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-
8&oe=UTF-8&selm=e7l9IPZN%24GA.236%40cppssbbsa04&rnum=20

I created a folder under my main contacts folder. Then I
Right clicked on the category, held the button, dragged
it over to the new folder, let go - it asked me if I
wanted to move or copy. I chose copy - bingo - a contact
folder with only the names in that category.
I also now should be able to add contacts into the new
folder at will - basically updating that folder on the
fly. Hope this helps someone else trying to do the same
thing.

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Diane Poremsky [MVP] - 16 Jan 2004 05:39 GMT

you're better off setting categories on the contacts and leaving the
contacts in the main folder. To send to the right, group by category, select
the contacts and use Actions, Send to.

If you want a real DL, you can copy the names from the to field, create a
new DL form and choose Add members - paste the selection in the name field
at the bottom of the dialog. As you add or remove names from the category,
you'll need to update the DL - whereas the category method is dynamic.

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>I may have answered my own question - sort of.
> I read this post:
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>>HELP!
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