OK, Steve, do these steps:
1. Go to the Business Contacts view
2. Click on View, Toolbars, Advanced -- you'll see a new toolbar at the top
of Outlook.
3. Click on the Group By Box icon on the toolbar. You'll see the grid
display change to say "Drag a column header here to group by that column".
If the field you want to make mass changes to is showing in the grid, click
on it and drag it to that sentence and let go. That will change your view
to show contacts, grouped by that field.
4. If that field is not in the grid already, right click on the column
headers, and choose Customize Current View. Click on the Fields button. In
the top left dropdown "Select Available Fields From", choose User Defined
Fields in Folder. This shows you all the BCM fields in your database. Find
the field you want to make mass changes to, click once to highlight it, then
click Add to move it to the list on the right. Click on OK and OK again.
You should now see the field in the grid display and you can drag it to the
top of the grid as in step #3 above.
5. Your display is now grouped by that field. Assuming you have some
contacts with that value in that field and some without, you'll see two or
more groups. You can click View, Expand/Collapse Groups, Collapse All
Groups to make it easier to see which values are in that field.
6. If no records have the new value in them, you'll have to change one
record so that view can group by the new value. Expand one group by
clicking on the + sign. Double click on one contact record and change the
value to the value you want the other records to become.
7. Expand other groups of records that you want to change. Click on one
record to highlight it. Hold down the SHIFT key and click the last record
in the list you want to change, or hold down the CTRL key and click multiple
records that aren't together.
8. Drag the records into the area of the group with the new value you want
them to take on. You'll get a notice that says "Change {the field you're
changing} to {the new value}". Let go of the mouse and all the records will
now be in that group and their values will be changed.
Voila!
HTH,
Lon
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Lon Orenstein
pinpointtools, llc
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Author of Outlook 2007 Business Contact Manager For Dummies
Author of the eBook: Moving from ACT! to Business Contact Manager
www.pinpointtools.com