Have Outlook 2003 at work and backed up my contacts.  I have Outlook 2002 at
home.  How can I download my Outlook 2003 contacts to it or do I have to
upgrade my 2002?  Thanks

when entering people in contacts the majority of entries are for home
addresses rather than business, i would like to change the default setting to
home rather than changing the type of address each time.

Can I track the activities of clients that are in my calendar and not on the
master calendar. How do I do this?

I looked at the prior question about this issue posted in 2005, but did not
find any helpful information.  I have tried all aspects of the Find &
Advanced Find functions. Even if I put in an area code, the search comes up
with no records found.

Used Microsoft Online to create backup copy of Contacts.  Backed up to an
external hard drive.  File can be located on drive but message asks what
program created it and what program do I want to use to open it.  I cannot
get of the options to open the file, what do I do?? Office ...

I had to reinstall my OS and outlook.  When I open Outlook and click on the
bottom left corner for Contacts I see all the ones I've previously setup,
however when I go to send an email the contacts are under one folder
"contacts" and not all of them are there.

Outlook 2007.  We have out Outlook shared contacts managed by Exchange
Server.  With Outlook 2003, we were able to create categories for contacts
and everyone else who had access to the shared contacts would see any
categories we had created.  Thus, when a new contact was created ...

How can I search for contacts that have the "private" box checked?  Thank you.

Hello! I used Outlook 2002 in XP SP2. When I typed email address in "TO", it
will key-in automatically where it already recorded in address book or else.
However, when someone informed me his address has been changed, "TO" still
have its OLD recorded which made me to select wrong ...

I would like to create a distribution list from the 'To' box of an email sent
to me and other recipients.  Can I copy and past from there or do I need to
add them individually?

OK - so my 1st post was too wordy maybe - so I'll try again!
I have 3 places names are stored.  To combine all names in minimum places,
should I:  1)  export my list of names from Word to Access 2) export from
Outlook to Access 3)combine all Access tables.  4)Delete Original ...

I'm using Outlook 2002, XP SP2 PC.  Contacts that have a fax number will
display as email in the outlook address book.  How can make it go away?
Thanks,
Carlos.

I'm assumming this is going to get to Russ, since, after reading numerous
posts, it seems as if he is the authority on Outlook; but if anyone can help,
I'd greatly appreciate it.
I have read KB article 287563

I have a hosted SMTP server account setup and it works by sending a simple
"test" email.  However, when I split up a customer contact base of 21,000+
email addresses, to send a newsletter (in 4 separate emails to ease the
contacts load), it doesn't seem to work.  I get a OUTLOOK ...

We have several emails in an email that we want to add to the contact list.
We right click on the name and select Add to Contacts. It comes up with an
error that says Cannot perofrm the requested operation. The command selected
is not valid for this recipient. Unable to add ...