Russ
Fri Apr 25 03:22:54 PDT 2008
By definition, these must be Contact Folders in Outlook since you can't even
see PAB's in Outlook 2007. To get them to appear in your Outlook Address
Book view, just R click each folder > Properties > Outlook Address Book Tab,
and tick "Show this folder as an email address book"
Restart Outlook.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"Anne Goldenberger" <AnneGoldenberger@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
message news:45471E83-32D1-4381-87B3-21426E3F5716@microsoft.com...
> OK, I must be using the wrong word again. I guess I have no idea what thy
> are - could it be they are contacts from Personal Folders that I have
> accumulated over the years?
>
> Here is what I see - described in the only terms I know how to use -
> listed
> under "My Contacts" I see a list of items with the little business card
> icon
> next to them. The items in the list are named things like "Contacts in
> Backup" "Business People in Backup", " Contacts in Anne Old E-mail" and so
> on. I called them Contact Lists in my original email since I don't know
> what
> else to call them.
>
> Probably a mess I admit. However, all I want to do is create an email,
> type
> someone's name (or just a part of it) in the "To:" line, ask Outlook to
> Check
> Names, and have it go into all those lists to find what I am looking for.
> Is that something I can achieve? If so, how? Do I need to merge or import
> these contacts in some way?
>
> So gosh I hope this helps you understand maybe a little better than my
> original explanation?
>
> Anne
> "Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:
>
>> Outlook has not used a PAB for over a decade. They are not supported in
>> Outlook 2007, nor is there even backwards compatibility for PAB's as
>> there
>> were in earlier versions.
>> Are you certain these are PAB's? Why haven't you converted them to
>> Contacts
>> Folders?
>> --
>> Russ Valentine
>> [MVP-Outlook]
>> "Anne Goldenberger" <AnneGoldenberger@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
>> message news:ADA6D0D7-6590-42CC-8D54-41AD32D01E2E@microsoft.com...
>> > OK - sorry I was not more clear. I have had three or four personal
>> > address
>> > books in the past, which I can see in my Outlook 2007 view.
>> >
>> > If I click on the "Contacts" bar on the left side of the screen, listed
>> > under "My Contacts" I can see several items named "Contacts in...
>> > <PAB>".
>> > Each of my PABs has a few different groups (Contacts, Business People,
>> > Dog
>> > People, etc. ) Each of these has a little business-card looking icon
>> > to
>> > the
>> > left of it. (Maybe these are not 'lists' but that is what I called
>> > them
>> > in
>> > my first post since I don't know the technical term.)
>> >
>> > However if I draft an email in Outlook, and request that it check
>> > names,
>> > it
>> > will not look in those address books to find the email address I want.
>> > Does
>> > this make sense? Is there a way I can ask Outlook to look in all
>> > those
>> > address books each time I create an email or is there something else I
>> > need
>> > to do?
>> >
>> > "Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:
>> >
>> >> Your term "Contact List" has no meaning. Define it for us.
>> >>
>> >> --
>> >> Russ Valentine
>> >> [MVP-Outlook]
>> >> "Anne Goldenberger" <AnneGoldenberger@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote
>> >> in
>> >> message news:CECF33E3-1774-4D91-9605-5242F5DBC2DE@microsoft.com...
>> >> >I have several contact lists that I've accumulated over the years.
>> >> >Problem-
>> >> > I can see all these contact lists inside of Outlook, but when I go
>> >> > to
>> >> > send
>> >> > an
>> >> > e-mail to one of my contacts, Outlook will not look inside all of
>> >> > the
>> >> > contact
>> >> > lists to find the person I am looking for.
>> >> >
>> >> > I am using Windows Vista and Outlook 2007. Is there a way for
>> >> > Outlook
>> >> > to
>> >> > go
>> >> > look at these contact lists automatically?
>> >> >
>> >> > Thanks in advance -
>> >> >
>> >> > Anne
>> >>
>>