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MS Office Forum / Outlook / Contacts / February 2004how to get address book to contacts
I have Outlook 2002 and several listings in my address book but none are in my contacts. I did a search and I don't have a .pab file for personal address book to import into contacts. What you describe is not possible. Outlook has no address book. The Outlook Address Book only displays the contents of your Contacts Folder(s). Provide more detail about what you are seeing and what you mean by "address book." Look more closely. I suspect you have at least one Contacts Folder somewhere that contains some Contacts.  SignatureRuss Valentine [MVP-Outlook] > I have Outlook 2002 and several listings in my address book but none are in my contacts. I did a search and I don't have a .pab file for personal address book to import into contacts. When I go to my contacts there is only 1 listing there and it is from a guy that sent a vcard. I have over 1000 in my regular address book but no contacts corresponding??? to hot sync my pda it goes only to contacts. Maybe I need to manually enter them or can I export my address book and re-import? Please reread my post and answer the questions. I cannot help you without the information. Define precisely what you mean by "regular address book." In Outlook, the address book cannot contain information that does not reside in a Contacts Folder. SignatureRuss Valentine [MVP-Outlook] > When I go to my contacts there is only 1 listing there and it is from a guy that sent a vcard. I have over 1000 in my regular address book but no contacts corresponding??? to hot sync my pda it goes only to contacts. Maybe I need to manually enter them or can I export my address book and re-import? Maybe I'm not explaining it correctly... My folder called "Contacts" has one listing in it. My address book which is also called "Contacts" (I have all my customers info etc saved in there) When I go to send a message it pulls up "Address Book" and then under Show Names from the: it is called Contacts and there's a ton of stuff in there but for some reason it doesn't show up in actual Contacts which is where I want/need it to be. I don't know how else to explain it. Your Outlook Address Book does not and cannot contain any information. It can only display information that is in a Contacts Folder. Therefore, somewhere in your Outlook Profile you must have a Contacts Folder that the Outlook Address Book is displaying when you see all that information. You also, obviously have another, nearly empty Contacts Folder with that one Contact. Only you can sort this out. That's why I asked you to examine your Profile closely to see how many Contacts Folders you have. You must have more than one. Use View > Folder List and expand all Folders to see all the Folders your Profile contains. SignatureRuss Valentine [MVP-Outlook] > Maybe I'm not explaining it correctly... My folder called "Contacts" has one listing in it. My address book which is also called "Contacts" (I have all my customers info etc saved in there) When I go to send a message it pulls up "Address Book" and then under Show Names from the: it is called Contacts and there's a ton of stuff in there but for some reason it doesn't show up in actual Contacts which is where I want/need it to be. I have a similar situation. I have, on numerous occasions, entered into my contacts, a new contact. Upon "save and exit" the contact vanishes. If I select find from the toolbar, and type in the persons name, tada, there it is. I can open it and everything. Again, I save and exit, close the find bar, and look for the person in my contacts folder and they are not there. It has also happened that the missing "contact" is in the OAB however does not display in the "Contacts" folder. I have one contacts folder listed in my Personal Folders list. Why does Outlook have to have an OAB and a Contacts folder? Why can they not just have one? I have my contacts chosen as an address book. How do I get the people in the OAB to display in the contacts folder and how do I get the people that are out there somewhere, not displaying in either, to show up in the contacts folder Glen ----- Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] wrote: ---- I don't know how else to explain it Your Outlook Address Book does not and cannot contain any information. I can only display information that is in a Contacts Folder Therefore, somewhere in your Outlook Profile you must have a Contacts Folde that the Outlook Address Book is displaying when you see all tha information You also, obviously have another, nearly empty Contacts Folder with that on Contact Only you can sort this out. That's why I asked you to examine your Profil closely to see how many Contacts Folders you have. You must have more tha one. Use View > Folder List and expand all Folders to see all the Folder your Profile contains -- Russ Valentin [MVP-Outlook "Ann" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in messag news:27B4A79D-2AA1-492F-A5D6-D22DDE90E50F@microsoft.com.. > Maybe I'm not explaining it correctly... My folder called "Contacts" ha one listing in it. My address book which is also called "Contacts" (I hav all my customers info etc saved in there) When I go to send a message i pulls up "Address Book" and then under Show Names from the: it is calle Contacts and there's a ton of stuff in there but for some reason it doesn' show up in actual Contacts which is where I want/need it to be You've left something out. You must have more than one Contacts Folder to see what you're seeing. Look again. SignatureRuss Valentine [MVP-Outlook] > I have a similar situation. I have, on numerous occasions, entered into my contacts, a new contact. Upon "save and exit" the contact vanishes. If I select find from the toolbar, and type in the persons name, tada, there it is. I can open it and everything. Again, I save and exit, close the find bar, and look for the person in my contacts folder and they are not there. It has also happened that the missing "contact" is in the OAB however does not display in the "Contacts" folder. I have one contacts folder listed in my Personal Folders list. Why does Outlook have to have an OAB and a Contacts folder? Why can they not just have one? I have my contacts chosen as an address book. How do I get the people in the OAB to display in the contacts folder and how do I get the people that are out there somewhere, not displaying in either, to show up in the contacts folder? > Glenn > [quoted text clipped - 23 lines] > Contacts and there's a ton of stuff in there but for some reason it doesn't > show up in actual Contacts which is where I want/need it to be. |
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