See
http://www.outlookexchange.com/articles/home/outlookcodeexample.asp#22
for one way to do that.
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Ken Slovak
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Author: Absolute Beginners Guide to Microsoft Office Outlook 2003
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> i would like to give each of my contacts a unique id
> number that i can use in concert with Access. In access,
> i use the autonumber. i would like something similiar in
> contacts.