Empty Address text box Field on Contact Form

Hi,
Windows XP, Outlook 2003
When I view Contacts as Address Cards, if a person has an address, the
address shows on the Address Card. However, if you double-click to open the
contact, there is no information showing in the Address text field on the
form, whether you choose Home, Business, or Other. If you click the
"Business..." button by the Address text box, the business address DOES show
up in the Check Address dialog box. If you click the All Fields tab, and
choose Address Fields, you can see the Business Address, etc. in that list.
How do I make the address appear correctly in the Address text box on the
form when the Contact is opened?

TIA MarieJ

Russ
Mon Apr 28 12:59:55 PDT 2008

To which address box are you referring?
What you describe is how Contact Records behave in current Outlook versions.
If your records were created on an earlier version and migrated, all bets
are off, especially if you ever imported them. There is no setting you can
use to change the behavior for existing Contacts.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"MarieJ" <MarieJ@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:0726387A-5D4D-4FCE-A539-7964AA7C3406@microsoft.com...
> Hi,
> Windows XP, Outlook 2003
> When I view Contacts as Address Cards, if a person has an address, the
> address shows on the Address Card. However, if you double-click to open
> the
> contact, there is no information showing in the Address text field on the
> form, whether you choose Home, Business, or Other. If you click the
> "Business..." button by the Address text box, the business address DOES
> show
> up in the Check Address dialog box. If you click the All Fields tab, and
> choose Address Fields, you can see the Business Address, etc. in that
> list.
> How do I make the address appear correctly in the Address text box on the
> form when the Contact is opened?
>
> TIA MarieJ

MarieJ
Mon Apr 28 13:17:01 PDT 2008

It is the address text box found on the bottom left of the General tab of the
Contact form.

So you're saying the reason it's behaving like that is because the contact
was created in an earlier version of Outlook.

MarieJ

"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

> To which address box are you referring?
> What you describe is how Contact Records behave in current Outlook versions.
> If your records were created on an earlier version and migrated, all bets
> are off, especially if you ever imported them. There is no setting you can
> use to change the behavior for existing Contacts.
> --
> Russ Valentine
> [MVP-Outlook]
> "MarieJ" <MarieJ@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:0726387A-5D4D-4FCE-A539-7964AA7C3406@microsoft.com...
> > Hi,
> > Windows XP, Outlook 2003
> > When I view Contacts as Address Cards, if a person has an address, the
> > address shows on the Address Card. However, if you double-click to open
> > the
> > contact, there is no information showing in the Address text field on the
> > form, whether you choose Home, Business, or Other. If you click the
> > "Business..." button by the Address text box, the business address DOES
> > show
> > up in the Check Address dialog box. If you click the All Fields tab, and
> > choose Address Fields, you can see the Business Address, etc. in that
> > list.
> > How do I make the address appear correctly in the Address text box on the
> > form when the Contact is opened?
> >
> > TIA MarieJ
>

MarieJ
Mon Apr 28 13:27:00 PDT 2008

FYI - I since I can't change behavior for existing contacts, I exported a few
of the contacts exhibiting that behavior and imported them back into Outlook
and the address text box field is appearing correctly on the General tab of
the contact form after re-importing.

MarieJ

"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

> To which address box are you referring?
> What you describe is how Contact Records behave in current Outlook versions.
> If your records were created on an earlier version and migrated, all bets
> are off, especially if you ever imported them. There is no setting you can
> use to change the behavior for existing Contacts.
> --
> Russ Valentine
> [MVP-Outlook]
> "MarieJ" <MarieJ@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:0726387A-5D4D-4FCE-A539-7964AA7C3406@microsoft.com...
> > Hi,
> > Windows XP, Outlook 2003
> > When I view Contacts as Address Cards, if a person has an address, the
> > address shows on the Address Card. However, if you double-click to open
> > the
> > contact, there is no information showing in the Address text field on the
> > form, whether you choose Home, Business, or Other. If you click the
> > "Business..." button by the Address text box, the business address DOES
> > show
> > up in the Check Address dialog box. If you click the All Fields tab, and
> > choose Address Fields, you can see the Business Address, etc. in that
> > list.
> > How do I make the address appear correctly in the Address text box on the
> > form when the Contact is opened?
> >
> > TIA MarieJ
>

Russ
Mon Apr 28 13:36:17 PDT 2008

No. I'm saying that Outlook already behaves the way you want. If it does
not, it indicates some change or corruption of your data or views, which
most frequently occurs when you migrate data from one installation or
version to another. Since only you know how these entries were created or
migrated, only you have a clue as to where the problem may have occurred.
Anytime you change versions or migrate data, it is essential that you repair
your data file and create a new Outlook profile for things to work as they
should.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"MarieJ" <MarieJ@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:EFC70C0C-AD7B-447A-8F14-FCE45A98A6D2@microsoft.com...
> It is the address text box found on the bottom left of the General tab of
> the
> Contact form.
>
> So you're saying the reason it's behaving like that is because the contact
> was created in an earlier version of Outlook.
>
> MarieJ
>
> "Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:
>
>> To which address box are you referring?
>> What you describe is how Contact Records behave in current Outlook
>> versions.
>> If your records were created on an earlier version and migrated, all bets
>> are off, especially if you ever imported them. There is no setting you
>> can
>> use to change the behavior for existing Contacts.
>> --
>> Russ Valentine
>> [MVP-Outlook]
>> "MarieJ" <MarieJ@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:0726387A-5D4D-4FCE-A539-7964AA7C3406@microsoft.com...
>> > Hi,
>> > Windows XP, Outlook 2003
>> > When I view Contacts as Address Cards, if a person has an address, the
>> > address shows on the Address Card. However, if you double-click to
>> > open
>> > the
>> > contact, there is no information showing in the Address text field on
>> > the
>> > form, whether you choose Home, Business, or Other. If you click the
>> > "Business..." button by the Address text box, the business address DOES
>> > show
>> > up in the Check Address dialog box. If you click the All Fields tab,
>> > and
>> > choose Address Fields, you can see the Business Address, etc. in that
>> > list.
>> > How do I make the address appear correctly in the Address text box on
>> > the
>> > form when the Contact is opened?
>> >
>> > TIA MarieJ
>>