it seems as if I cannot use initials as nicknames. Is
this true? I have a contact with initials FGC, but unlike
with Outlook 2000, if I use the initials as the nickname,
the system refuses to recognize that contact.

If I create a contact list and then later delete it, the
contact list is never removed from the Address book. It
still shows as a list. I have tried everything to remove
it from the list of address books but have not been

I recently reinstalled Office XP for a individual in the
office who was having problems with it.
After the installation when we would click on the Outlook
shortcut it would come up with a screen "Choose your

Dear Sirs,
How do I get my Outlook Contacts to show as
Last Name, First Name.
It seems the normal processes are not working...

Does anyone know how to import contacts into Exchange Outlook Public Contacts.  When I try and do an import it puts it into my personal contacts.

I have Outlook 2003 Professional running on Exchange Server 5.5.  
have three contact folders for seperate groups.  Recently I was movin
these contact folders around and one of them got "converted" to a
email folder.  The icon for the folder is just a folder as opposed to

I can set a follow-up flag and "DueBy" date in the
contact view a Contact record of Business Contacts.
How can I view the "DueBy" in the view where I see all of
my contacts. I can't seem to find the correct field for

I recently reloaded my PC and backed up my outlook files.  Once I
reinstalled I copied my outlook 2003 files into the appropriate directory.
Now I have a problem with my contacts.  I can see my contacts in outlook but
when I try to add a contact to an email (by clicking the to: or ...

Office 2003, XP Pro, Operating System.  When I view my contacts (from contacts folder) it shows last name, first name, in the view.    BUT, when I create a new mail message and click on my contacts, to send an email, that view is first name, last name.  My Global address list ...

Using Windows 2000, I cannot seem to get my email address book to sort by the alphabet consistently by first name or last name using Windows 2000.  I does alphabetize but mixed, some last and some first.  Using the same data file in Windows XP, it does so consistently.

In my contact folder , I have several subfolders i.e.
vendor folder , customer folder.  Each folder has all the
contact info.  How do I export from the pc into my hand
held pc

Is there a way in Outlook for me to send a distribution
list I have created to other employees, and have them
import it into their contacts?  Can you do it with
individual contacts as well?  

We have just had a general upgrade at work, from Office 97
to Office XP, and to Windows from various versions.
I want to know if I can configure the Address Book to show
other fields than the the ones currently shown ie Name,

Please help!  I'm using outlook 2003 and a customized contact form
published in a personal contact folder.  I'm using a .pst not
exchange.
I modified the MessageClass of all the contacts in my Contacts Folder

have a large list of email addresses in excel spreadsheet
and would like to import them into my contact file.  have
not been successful in importing.  i tried both excel and
cvs formats neither worked.  pls help!!