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>so it can be exported to other programs.
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assuming you mean subfolders, use View, Folder list to show the folder tree.
open the subfolders and select one contact. Control A to select all and drag
them to the main contacts folder. Repeat as needed. Delete the subfolder
when finished.

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> When our outlook was setup they entered sub-directories
> for diff. critira in addtion to contacts. Now we know we
> could have sort by catagory. We want only 1 address book
> so it can be exported to other programs.