I want to assign colors to my catagories in my Outlook address book. Can
someone tell me how to do this, please.

Since the Address Book doesn't use categories, much less colors, and you didn't say what version of Outlook you're using, we're at a loss to understand what you're trying to do.

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003
http://www.turtleflock.com/olconfig/index.htm
and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers
http://www.outlookcode.com/jumpstart.aspx

"Kat" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:6C9BF371-0264-4897-A07A-(E-Mail Removed)...
>I want to assign colors to my catagories in my Outlook address book. Can
> someone tell me how to do this, please.

Hi Sue! I am sorry. I am adding categories to contacts in my address book in
Outlook 2003. I have contacts in the address book that I had previously
entered and I customized them so that if they were in a certain category they
would have a different color but it has been a while and I can not remember
how I did it.

"Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

> Since the Address Book doesn't use categories, much less colors, and you didn't say what version of Outlook you're using, we're at a loss to understand what you're trying to do.
>
> --
> Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
> Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003
> http://www.turtleflock.com/olconfig/index.htm
> and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
> Administrators, Power Users, and Developers
> http://www.outlookcode.com/jumpstart.aspx
>
> "Kat" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:6C9BF371-0264-4897-A07A-(E-Mail Removed)...
> >I want to assign colors to my catagories in my Outlook address book. Can
> > someone tell me how to do this, please.
>

No, you're adding categories to contacts in your contacts folder, not "categories to contacts in my address book." Contacts reside in folders, not in the address book, which is just a viewer for the folder data. The address book displays no category information or colors, so I still don't understand what you're trying to do.

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003
http://www.turtleflock.com/olconfig/index.htm
and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers
http://www.outlookcode.com/jumpstart.aspx

"Kat" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:9BB0FF23-57FE-45B2-92E4-(E-Mail Removed)...
> Hi Sue! I am sorry. I am adding categories to contacts in my address book in
> Outlook 2003. I have contacts in the address book that I had previously
> entered and I customized them so that if they were in a certain category they
> would have a different color but it has been a while and I can not remember
> how I did it.
>
>> >I want to assign colors to my catagories in my Outlook address book. Can
>> > someone tell me how to do this, please.

I am sorry, Let me see if I can explain it better. When you add a contact
into your address book in Outlook, you can assign them a category such as
business, favorites, gifts, etc. When I orginially set up my contacts list
and entered my contacts I assigned them into a category, I then assigned a
color so that anything that is entered into that category would show as blue,
red, green, etc. and this is what I have forgotten how to do.

"Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

> No, you're adding categories to contacts in your contacts folder, not "categories to contacts in my address book." Contacts reside in folders, not in the address book, which is just a viewer for the folder data. The address book displays no category information or colors, so I still don't understand what you're trying to do.
>
> --
> Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
> Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003
> http://www.turtleflock.com/olconfig/index.htm
> and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
> Administrators, Power Users, and Developers
> http://www.outlookcode.com/jumpstart.aspx
>
> "Kat" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:9BB0FF23-57FE-45B2-92E4-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > Hi Sue! I am sorry. I am adding categories to contacts in my address book in
> > Outlook 2003. I have contacts in the address book that I had previously
> > entered and I customized them so that if they were in a certain category they
> > would have a different color but it has been a while and I can not remember
> > how I did it.
> >
> >> >I want to assign colors to my catagories in my Outlook address book. Can
> >> > someone tell me how to do this, please.
>
>

Oh! YIPPEEE I remembered how to do it. On the menu bar, select view,
arrange by, current view and then customize current view. You can then
select a category and customize it with colors, fonts, etc.

Thanks for your help!

and please notice that this has nothing to do with the address book! You are customizing the view of your contacts folder.

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003
http://www.turtleflock.com/olconfig/index.htm
and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers
http://www.outlookcode.com/jumpstart.aspx

"Kat" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:EE86FE15-F34C-4B46-B939-(E-Mail Removed)...
> Oh! YIPPEEE I remembered how to do it. On the menu bar, select view,
> arrange by, current view and then customize current view. You can then
> select a category and customize it with colors, fonts, etc.
>
> Thanks for your help!