In an ongoing process of trying to rid my life of clutter I would like
to get rid of some of the business cards that I have. Is it possible
to add an actual scan of a business card to an Outlook (2007)
contact? I am not talking about just adding the information but I
would like a JPG of the actual card. I know there are business card
scanners but I think I would be able to do the same thing on a flatbed
scanner, what I can't figure out is how to add this scan to a contact.

Mike

isn't there a place to put the contact's picture on the General tab? Just
put the jpg of the business card there instead.

"(E-Mail Removed)" wrote:

> In an ongoing process of trying to rid my life of clutter I would like
> to get rid of some of the business cards that I have. Is it possible
> to add an actual scan of a business card to an Outlook (2007)
> contact? I am not talking about just adding the information but I
> would like a JPG of the actual card. I know there are business card
> scanners but I think I would be able to do the same thing on a flatbed
> scanner, what I can't figure out is how to add this scan to a contact.
>
> Mike
>
>

Bad idea, since that location isn't big enough to present a readable scan of
a business card.

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
Coauthor, Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003
http://www.howto-outlook.com/
Outlook FAQ, HowTo, Downloads, Add-Ins and more

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"dlw" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> isn't there a place to put the contact's picture on the General tab? Just
> put the jpg of the business card there instead.
>
> "(E-Mail Removed)" wrote:
>
>> In an ongoing process of trying to rid my life of clutter I would like
>> to get rid of some of the business cards that I have. Is it possible
>> to add an actual scan of a business card to an Outlook (2007)
>> contact? I am not talking about just adding the information but I
>> would like a JPG of the actual card. I know there are business card
>> scanners but I think I would be able to do the same thing on a flatbed
>> scanner, what I can't figure out is how to add this scan to a contact.
>>
>> Mike
>>
>>

Put your cursor in the Notes section of your contact and then on the Insert
tab select Picture.

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
Coauthor, Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003
http://www.howto-outlook.com/
Outlook FAQ, HowTo, Downloads, Add-Ins and more

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<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> In an ongoing process of trying to rid my life of clutter I would like
> to get rid of some of the business cards that I have. Is it possible
> to add an actual scan of a business card to an Outlook (2007)
> contact? I am not talking about just adding the information but I
> would like a JPG of the actual card. I know there are business card
> scanners but I think I would be able to do the same thing on a flatbed
> scanner, what I can't figure out is how to add this scan to a contact.
>
> Mike
>

Thanks Roady, that worked great. As a follow up does the JPG (or
scan) become part of the contact file? In other words in once I scan
and insert if I delete the orginal JPG will a backup of Outlook
contain the JPG?

Mike



On Aug 6, 1:11 pm, "Roady [MVP]"
<newsgroups_DELETE_@_DELETE_sparnaaij_NO_._SPAM_net> wrote:
> Put your cursor in the Notes section of your contact and then on the Insert
> tab select Picture.
>
> --
> Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
> Coauthor, Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003http://www.howto-outlook.com/
> Outlook FAQ, HowTo, Downloads, Add-Ins and more
>
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>
> <junkm...@blackcows.com> wrote in message
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>
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> > In an ongoing process of trying to rid my life of clutter I would like
> > to get rid of some of the business cards that I have. Is it possible
> > to add an actual scan of a business card to an Outlook (2007)
> > contact? I am not talking about just adding the information but I
> > would like a JPG of the actual card. I know there are business card
> > scanners but I think I would be able to do the same thing on a flatbed
> > scanner, what I can't figure out is how to add this scan to a contact.
>
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Yes, the scan in contained in the Outlook item then and doesn't have any
connection anymore to the original file location.

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
Coauthor, Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003
http://www.howto-outlook.com/
Outlook FAQ, HowTo, Downloads, Add-Ins and more

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<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> Thanks Roady, that worked great. As a follow up does the JPG (or
> scan) become part of the contact file? In other words in once I scan
> and insert if I delete the orginal JPG will a backup of Outlook
> contain the JPG?
>
> Mike
>
>
>
> On Aug 6, 1:11 pm, "Roady [MVP]"
> <newsgroups_DELETE_@_DELETE_sparnaaij_NO_._SPAM_net> wrote:
>> Put your cursor in the Notes section of your contact and then on the
>> Insert
>> tab select Picture.
>>
>> --
>> Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
>> Coauthor, Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003http://www.howto-outlook.com/
>> Outlook FAQ, HowTo, Downloads, Add-Ins and more
>>
>> -----
>>
>> <junkm...@blackcows.com> wrote in message
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>> > In an ongoing process of trying to rid my life of clutter I would like
>> > to get rid of some of the business cards that I have. Is it possible
>> > to add an actual scan of a business card to an Outlook (2007)
>> > contact? I am not talking about just adding the information but I
>> > would like a JPG of the actual card. I know there are business card
>> > scanners but I think I would be able to do the same thing on a flatbed
>> > scanner, what I can't figure out is how to add this scan to a contact.
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