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Gilberto - 30 Jan 2008 19:11 GMT

Outlook 2007, just migrated from outlook 2000, and I cannot find any way to
group the contacts personal contacts, contacts from work, from university,
etc..

It seems like only categories are available and I cannot understand how it
works.

somebody please help me.

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DL - 30 Jan 2008 19:47 GMT

Categories are Groups

> Outlook 2007, just migrated from outlook 2000, and I cannot find any way
> to
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> somebody please help me.

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Kim K - 30 Jan 2008 19:49 GMT

Click on "Contacts" in the left-hand pane. It should show you all your
contacts. About halfway down on the left side, there's an option to "Add New
Group".

> Outlook 2007, just migrated from outlook 2000, and I cannot find any way to
> group the contacts personal contacts, contacts from work, from university,
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> somebody please help me.

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Brian Tillman - 31 Jan 2008 13:16 GMT

> Click on "Contacts" in the left-hand pane. It should show you all
> your contacts. About halfway down on the left side, there's an
> option to "Add New Group".

That won't accomplish what the OP is after.

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Diane Poremsky - 30 Jan 2008 23:16 GMT

I'm guessing you used Outlook 2000 in internet mode. It was more like OE -
you'll need to use categories now. Assign a category to each contact and use
the group by category view.

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> Outlook 2007, just migrated from outlook 2000, and I cannot find any way
> to
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> somebody please help me.

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Charles W Davis - 31 Jan 2008 00:42 GMT

They are called Distribution Lists. They work fine on Outlook 2007. (As well
as in previous versions, that is)

> I'm guessing you used Outlook 2000 in internet mode. It was more like OE -
> you'll need to use categories now. Assign a category to each contact and
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Judy Gleeson (MVP Outlook) - 31 Jan 2008 01:27 GMT

Have a read of the articles here about Grouping/sorting and Categories:

http://judygleeson.com/articles.aspx

Stay AWAY from Distribution Lists as they are not reliable. Read some of
Russ Valentine's posts about the numerous problems they have always had.

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Trainer and Consultant

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other?"
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> They are called Distribution Lists. They work fine on Outlook 2007. (As
> well as in previous versions, that is)
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Diane Poremsky [MVP] - 31 Jan 2008 02:17 GMT

except in OE you can use groups as separate 'address books' and choose
individual names to address messages. In Outlook you need to send to the
entire DL. Outlook 2007 allows you to expand DLs to delete names, but its a
PITA to send to one person on the DL.

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> They are called Distribution Lists. They work fine on Outlook 2007. (As
> well as in previous versions, that is)
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>>> somebody please help me.

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