How can I get my Outlook contacts into my outlook express
database.  You'd think this would be really easy, but
apparently it isn't.
Thanks,

I used to use OE but now I use Outlook I cannot work out
how to produce a distribution list. When I go
File>New>Distribution List I put name of group then when
I try to add a name by pasting from contacts a message

Running Outlook 98, Windows Nt 4.
Whenever i create a new e-mail and type a name in the "To" box and
click on "Check Names", Outlook cannot find the name even though it
exists in the Contacts Folder.

I want to select names from my Contacts to enter in the "To" box of a new email. When I click on "Find" I only get the "General" pane, and can only search for "Find names containing". I used to be able to search by email, or by part of an email address etc. I guess this is a ...

I've looked at old posts and I see someone had the same
problem as I do, but I couldn't find any resolution so I'm
treading up old info here:
We use Outlook 2000.

I am still having a continuing problem of my envelope
wizard not recognizing most of my outlook contacts.  I've
tried the suggestions and nothing has panned out or
doesn't apply to my circumstance.  It seems the program

As a former user of Netscape and Outlook Express, I am really frustrated when I am addressing the "TO" and "COPY" boxes in Outlook 2003. I am used to have one or more suggetions from the address book after touching the first couple of characters, but at Outlook 2003, there is ...

I'm looking for some help or opinions on a best practice for our
situation.
Background:
Our church operates an elementary school; preschool - 8th grade.  

How can I change the format of my phone numbers?
When I enter 10 digits, they all display "run together"
(like this:  9195237502).  Sometimes it gives me an
international display w/ a 1+ in front of the number.

I am trying to understand what is the difference between an account and a company.  I would assume that they are the same but when I enter a contact it also asks me for an account and a company.

My problem is:
I exported my Ms outlook 2002 contacts to excel 2002 and I have all standard fields like "name" , "company" and others but I could not export "user-defined fields in this item" or "user-defined fields in this folder" that I create under "all fields" tab.
is there any ...

We just learned from this group that if you touch anything, even if you
slightly move a field, Contact form of Outlook 2003 loses its original look
and reverts to the contact form look of O2002.
How we can avoid that and add a field to the first page of Outlook 2003

I am having troubl;e importing my contacts.pst that I
exported frm my previous employers outlook. I saved the
contacts.pst file but when I bring it into my Outlook
2002 it becomes a sub diretory of my Contacts. I can open

Is it possible to print out labels for evey contact that has a mailing address in my contact list?  Or can I select the users I want and print only their names and mailing address so I can cut it out and attach to an envelope?

A friend accidentally deleted his contacts file. He was
transferring his Outlook98 folders to a new computer and
failed to see if it was successful before deleting the
files on the old computer, and of course he deleted the