Sorry Roady, maybe this is a little clearer.
Can I apply batch changes to categories of Contact Records in Public Folders.

It's still unclear what you want to do. If you want to assign e.g. "a" to
the first 100 contacts and "b" to the rest, it would still work like Robert
described it. That is, you have to do two steps.

If that still doesn't answer your question, please describe more detailed
what you want to do. And please don't open another thread for the same
topic.

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Best regards
Michael Bauer - MVP Outlook
Synchronize Outlook Categories:
<http://www.vboffice.net/product.html?id=2006063&cmd=detail&lang=en&pub=6>

Am Fri, 11 Jan 2008 15:41:00 -0800 schrieb Red:

> Sorry Roady, maybe this is a little clearer.
> Can I apply batch changes to categories of Contact Records in Public
Folders.

Using MS Outlook 2003, I have contact records (not emails) listed in separate
subfolders (named from various trade shows) in the public records folder in
an SBS (2003). The contact records are not categorized. We are preparing to
merge the contacts from the diffrent trade shows into one file, in
preparation for CRM. Now I can go into each individual contact record and
assign a category. Can this be done an easier way? I have over 6000 contact
records in all.

"Michael Bauer [MVP - Outlook]" wrote:

>
>
> It's still unclear what you want to do. If you want to assign e.g. "a" to
> the first 100 contacts and "b" to the rest, it would still work like Robert
> described it. That is, you have to do two steps.
>
> If that still doesn't answer your question, please describe more detailed
> what you want to do. And please don't open another thread for the same
> topic.
>
> --
> Best regards
> Michael Bauer - MVP Outlook
> Synchronize Outlook Categories:
> <http://www.vboffice.net/product.html?id=2006063&cmd=detail&lang=en&pub=6>
>
> Am Fri, 11 Jan 2008 15:41:00 -0800 schrieb Red:
>
> > Sorry Roady, maybe this is a little clearer.
> > Can I apply batch changes to categories of Contact Records in Public
> Folders.
>

For one folder, you need to assign the category only to one item with a
right click, then categorize. Then switch to the view grouped by categories.
Now you can select all ot the other items and drag them with the mouse to
that category you want to assign.

Does that work for you?

--
Best regards
Michael Bauer - MVP Outlook
Synchronize Outlook Categories:
<http://www.vboffice.net/product.html?id=2006063&cmd=detail&lang=en&pub=6>

Am Mon, 14 Jan 2008 07:45:00 -0800 schrieb Red:

> Using MS Outlook 2003, I have contact records (not emails) listed in
separate
> subfolders (named from various trade shows) in the public records folder
in
> an SBS (2003). The contact records are not categorized. We are preparing
to
> merge the contacts from the diffrent trade shows into one file, in
> preparation for CRM. Now I can go into each individual contact record and
> assign a category. Can this be done an easier way? I have over 6000
contact
> records in all.
>
> "Michael Bauer [MVP - Outlook]" wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> It's still unclear what you want to do. If you want to assign e.g. "a" to
>> the first 100 contacts and "b" to the rest, it would still work like
Robert
>> described it. That is, you have to do two steps.
>>
>> If that still doesn't answer your question, please describe more detailed
>> what you want to do. And please don't open another thread for the same
>> topic.
>>
>> --
>> Best regards
>> Michael Bauer - MVP Outlook
>> Synchronize Outlook Categories:
>>
<http://www.vboffice.net/product.html?id=2006063&cmd=detail&lang=en&pub=6>
>>
>> Am Fri, 11 Jan 2008 15:41:00 -0800 schrieb Red:
>>
>>> Sorry Roady, maybe this is a little clearer.
>>> Can I apply batch changes to categories of Contact Records in Public
>> Folders.
>>

Red <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

> Using MS Outlook 2003, I have contact records (not emails) listed in
> separate subfolders (named from various trade shows) in the public
> records folder in an SBS (2003). The contact records are not
> categorized. We are preparing to merge the contacts from the diffrent
> trade shows into one file, in preparation for CRM. Now I can go into
> each individual contact record and assign a category. Can this be
> done an easier way? I have over 6000 contact records in all.

Assign a category to one contact. Change the view to "By Categories" so
that the contacts are grouped by category. Select the "None" category and
drag all of the contacts in it to the group whose name matches your one
category.
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Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]