This is paricularly frustrating in light of the large number of
contacts in my folderhaving come from different data sources
(including MSFT CRM, various enterprises in my career, etc).
My challenge appears to be driven by lack of a standard by various

Recently had to completely reinstall Office (and therefore Outlook).  Was
able to copy my old .pst file over and the contacts folders show up when
Contacts is selected on the left side of the main Inbox window.  However, if
I create a new email message and do a Check Names it ...

When I type in the contact "Full Name" entry area my First Name, Middle and
Last names are entered correctly.  However, on the contacts listing the First
name is appearing as the Last and the Last is appearing as the first.  The
sorting of my contacts are therefore by the first ...

I have to send a newsletter to approx 240 people. However if I sent it to
all of them as distribution list, I find I get blocked by some spam blockers
when I send emails with more than 10 addresses, so many people don't even get
the email. Breaking the group up into smaller ...

How can I recover deleted contacts in Outlook 2007, they do not appear in any
deleted folder.

I have Outlook 2007.
I have been able to export a distribution list from Outlook as a txt file
separated by tab.
I am now trying to import this on another machine that has some of the

I am running XP with Outlook 2003.  I have many Categories set up in my
Master Category List and most of my Contacts are assigned at least one
Category, some Contacts have two Categories.
When I view my Contacts under the view 'By Category' I used to see a view

    I am running XP with Outlook 2003. I have many Categories set up in my
Master Category List and most of my Contacts are assigned at least one
Category, some Contacts have two Categories.
When I view my Contacts under the view 'By Category' I used to see a view

I am trying to change the phone number in my Outlook address book, how do I
do it?

How do you copy just the contact portion of the .pst file?

We are using Outlook 2000 and we need to give a copy of one of our
distribution lists to another office. Is there a way to send only that
distribution list to someone else?
Thanks in advance for any help provided.

How do you prevent an automatic insertion of your local area code when
placing a seven digit phone number in the phone section of contacts. Is there
a place to turn off this feature globally? Is there a way to bypass entering
your local telephone area code?

Hi, I have Vista nd Office Outlook 2003. I have tried on line help but
whatever I do I cannot import the contacts (which I successfully imported
from my old PC) from the sidebar to the address book in Outlook - anyone got
any suggestions from those previosuly posted?

I have a rather unique situation here.  My local phone company
recently changed things so that to get a local number you have to dial
"1 + the area code".  This means that all of the numbers in my contact
list in the (310) area need to be edited to have the "+1" added in

When I go through the importing process, the name is messed up.  For example,
if the name is Peace Lutheran School, it will be listed as School, Pease
Lutheran.  I have tried different mapping scenarios, but nothing works.