I have a full Contacts folder with several thousand people and email
addresses, but somehow that has been disconnected from the To: button
in new emails.

When I click on the To: button -- or attempt to type an address and
have the remainder automatically filled in by Outlook -- I get nothing.
Apparently I'm trying to access the Personal Address Book. ?? The
mailbox.PAB is empty while the outlook.PST contains all my email
addresses and contact information.

I could search in my Contacts for a name, find it, and right click to
send a message, but why would I want to do it that way. It seems so
much simpler to start a new message with a keyboard command, type in an
email address, and have the remainder automatically filled in by
Outlook. Or use the To: button.

Also, I want to sychronize my contacts with my iPod contacts.
Apparently that happens with the Personal Address Book because, while
my Outlooks appointments synchronize, the contact information does not.

How can I a) import the Contacts into the Personal Address Book or b)
use the Contacts in new emails instead of the PAB? Tx.

See http://www.howto-outlook.com/faq/con...ddressbook.htm

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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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"Dug" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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I have a full Contacts folder with several thousand people and email
addresses, but somehow that has been disconnected from the To: button
in new emails.

When I click on the To: button -- or attempt to type an address and
have the remainder automatically filled in by Outlook -- I get nothing.
Apparently I'm trying to access the Personal Address Book. ?? The
mailbox.PAB is empty while the outlook.PST contains all my email
addresses and contact information.

I could search in my Contacts for a name, find it, and right click to
send a message, but why would I want to do it that way. It seems so
much simpler to start a new message with a keyboard command, type in an
email address, and have the remainder automatically filled in by
Outlook. Or use the To: button.

Also, I want to sychronize my contacts with my iPod contacts.
Apparently that happens with the Personal Address Book because, while
my Outlooks appointments synchronize, the contact information does not.

How can I a) import the Contacts into the Personal Address Book or b)
use the Contacts in new emails instead of the PAB? Tx.

That worked great, thanks. - Dug



Roady [MVP] wrote:
> See http://www.howto-outlook.com/faq/con...ddressbook.htm
>
> --
> Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
> Coauthor, Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003
> http://www.howto-outlook.com/
> Outlook FAQ, HowTo, Downloads, Add-Ins and more
>
> -----
> "Dug" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> I have a full Contacts folder with several thousand people and email
> addresses, but somehow that has been disconnected from the To: button
> in new emails.
>
> When I click on the To: button -- or attempt to type an address and
> have the remainder automatically filled in by Outlook -- I get nothing.
> Apparently I'm trying to access the Personal Address Book. ?? The
> mailbox.PAB is empty while the outlook.PST contains all my email
> addresses and contact information.
>
> I could search in my Contacts for a name, find it, and right click to
> send a message, but why would I want to do it that way. It seems so
> much simpler to start a new message with a keyboard command, type in an
> email address, and have the remainder automatically filled in by
> Outlook. Or use the To: button.
>
> Also, I want to sychronize my contacts with my iPod contacts.
> Apparently that happens with the Personal Address Book because, while
> my Outlooks appointments synchronize, the contact information does not.
>
> How can I a) import the Contacts into the Personal Address Book or b)
> use the Contacts in new emails instead of the PAB? Tx.