Import Identities

[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

File > Import and Export... > Import from another Folder or file...
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

Yes, it appeard in the address book. It appeared in my contacts book (I
don't find a pab), it appears as a yellow folder under my contacts icon.
Then I see no way, yet to import my business contacts addressess into this
folder via a csv file, for example.

What do you mean you "placed a folder in the address book?"
No such procedure. You create a folder in your Personal Folders file and
then enable it as an email address book in its properties. Then it will
appear in your address book.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

I elected to create a business contacts folder. I placed a folder in the
address book. I thought it would allow me to import my contacts from a csv
file and it doesn't. I went back to slipstick to read about the procedure
again. In that group of articles it doesn't say anything about

importing
the

email addressess into the address book.
You have two options in Outlook. Create multiple Contacts subfolders and
enable each as an email address book in its properties. Or make use of
Outlook's Category feature. Read about the pros and cons of each option
here:
http://www.slipstick.com/contacts/oloabcat.htm

--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
If I sent post twice, it was by mistake. Also, I believe I kept
downloading
the headers and could never find the post, so I reposted. I mentioned
this
at the bottom of the post to which you just replied.
I am trying to think through the process. I had an identity of personal
email addresses. Then I had another for buisness. When I needed to send
an
email to all my business contacts, I simply selected that identity.
Keeping
all my addresses separate made it quicker to browse the addresses in
each
identity for any specific purposes. Some of my personal addresses were
added
to the business set, and some were not. It was a good organizational
procedure.
I'd like to understand how to plan this out before dumping my business
addresses into my contacts list. It seems like another issue would be
that
I
would have to delete duplicates which I displayed differently in each
identity and also I may have to slowly determine which

distribution
list

each address should go into. In order to keep the comments relatively
simple, I did not mention above that I actually had 3 identities and
some
of
the addresses of each overlapped. What would your suggestion be?
Please read replies to your posts instead of making us answer a second
time.

Please clarify what it is you need to do.
Outlook does not use identities. It does not use groups.
Why did you need separate identities?
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

This is a repeat of a previous post that I never saw online.

I'm an OE immigrant.
I've been trying some things with the address book/contacts,

but

I up
with other
two

 

[Jocelyn Fiorello [MVP - Outlook]]

You were looking at the wrong section of the properties dialog for the .PST
file. The outlwvw.dll file controls the Outlook Today page contents, and
Outlook Today is the "Folder Home Page" for your default Personal Folders.
Other than that, the outlwvw.dll file has nothing to do with the .PST file
itself, and you don't need to back it up.

--
Jocelyn Fiorello
MVP - Outlook

*** Messages sent to my e-mail address will NOT be answered -- please
reply only to the newsgroup to preserve the message thread. ***


In

I was confused by the reading regarding backing up files. Selecting
the properties for my Personal Folders, it pointed to the outlwvw.dll
file. Does this mean I should back up that dll in order to save my
settings as well as the pst file? Then I would have everything I need?

Very nice. Thank you.
Now, do you have to be in corporate mode in order to be able to
resolve addresses?
I note that when I type a name sometimes it finally resolves just
when I hit the addresbook button, but not before.

You have two options in Outlook. Create multiple Contacts
subfolders and enable each as an email address book in its
properties. Or make use of Outlook's Category feature. Read about
the pros and cons of each option here:
http://www.slipstick.com/contacts/oloabcat.htm

--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
If I sent post twice, it was by mistake. Also, I believe I kept
downloading the headers and could never find the post, so I
reposted. I mentioned this at the bottom of the post to which you
just replied.
I am trying to think through the process. I had an identity of
personal email addresses. Then I had another for buisness. When I
needed to send an email to all my business contacts, I simply
selected that identity. Keeping all my addresses separate made it
quicker to browse the addresses in each identity for any specific
purposes. Some of my personal addresses were added to the business
set, and some were not. It was a good organizational procedure.
I'd like to understand how to plan this out before dumping my
business addresses into my contacts list. It seems like another
issue would be that I would have to delete duplicates which I
displayed differently in each identity and also I may have to
slowly determine which distribution list each address should go
into. In order to keep the comments relatively simple, I did not
mention above that I actually had 3 identities and some of the
addresses of each overlapped. What would your suggestion be? "Russ
Please read replies to your posts instead of making us answer a
second time.

Please clarify what it is you need to do.
Outlook does not use identities. It does not use groups.
Why did you need separate identities?
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

This is a repeat of a previous post that I never saw online.

I'm an OE immigrant.
I've been trying some things with the address book/contacts, but
I don't get it.
In OE I had 3 identities so I wouldn't get my contacts mixed up
with each other. How should I handel this in Outlook and how
should I import? The import menu only imported email and not the
address book. I copied over one of the identities, then had to
rebuild the groups. The other two identities are waiting for a
decision. Thank you.

 

[asussertown]

I select Real Estate from my left pane. An address book resides on the
toolbar. I click on the toolbar. I see my personal contacts with the typical
icon. Underneath the contacts icon is a yellow Real Estate folder. I
highlight the yellow real estate folder and then attempt to look for
File/Import. It is grayed out.
1. I assume if it is not grayed out I will be able to import the real estate
email addresses into this folder alone and not mix with my personal
contacts.
2. I can't figure out why it's grayed out.

Thanks for all your time so far. You've been very helpful
I'm getting used to Outlook and doing better. I used to use the corporate
edition some time ago, but this is the first time I've attempted the
personal version on my machines.

File > Import and Export... > Import from another Folder or file...
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

Yes, it appeard in the address book. It appeared in my contacts book (I
don't find a pab), it appears as a yellow folder under my contacts icon.
Then I see no way, yet to import my business contacts addressess into this
folder via a csv file, for example.

What do you mean you "placed a folder in the address book?"
No such procedure. You create a folder in your Personal Folders file and
then enable it as an email address book in its properties. Then it will
appear in your address book.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
I elected to create a business contacts folder. I placed a folder in the
address book. I thought it would allow me to import my contacts from

a
csv

file and it doesn't. I went back to slipstick to read about the procedure
again. In that group of articles it doesn't say anything about importing
the
email addressess into the address book.
You have two options in Outlook. Create multiple Contacts

subfolders
and

enable each as an email address book in its properties. Or make

use

of

Outlook's Category feature. Read about the pros and cons of each option
here:
http://www.slipstick.com/contacts/oloabcat.htm

--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
If I sent post twice, it was by mistake. Also, I believe I kept
downloading
the headers and could never find the post, so I reposted. I mentioned
this
at the bottom of the post to which you just replied.
I am trying to think through the process. I had an identity of
personal
email addresses. Then I had another for buisness. When I needed to
send
an
email to all my business contacts, I simply selected that identity.
Keeping
all my addresses separate made it quicker to browse the

addresses

in

each
identity for any specific purposes. Some of my personal

addresses
were

added
to the business set, and some were not. It was a good organizational
procedure.
I'd like to understand how to plan this out before dumping my business
addresses into my contacts list. It seems like another issue

would
be

that
I
would have to delete duplicates which I displayed differently in each
identity and also I may have to slowly determine which distribution
list
each address should go into. In order to keep the comments relatively
simple, I did not mention above that I actually had 3 identities and
some
of
the addresses of each overlapped. What would your suggestion be?
Please read replies to your posts instead of making us answer a
second
time.

Please clarify what it is you need to do.
Outlook does not use identities. It does not use groups.
Why did you need separate identities?
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

This is a repeat of a previous post that I never saw online.

I'm an OE immigrant.
I've been trying some things with the address book/contacts,

but

I
don't
get
it.
In OE I had 3 identities so I wouldn't get my contacts mixed up
with
each
other. How should I handel this in Outlook and how should I
import?
The import menu only imported email and not the address

book.

I

 

[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

You've left too much out here. Start me at the beginning here and list all
the steps you're using including where this "Real Estate" Folder resides.
Why are you clicking an address book icon on a toolbar?
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

I select Real Estate from my left pane. An address book resides on the
toolbar. I click on the toolbar. I see my personal contacts with the typical
icon. Underneath the contacts icon is a yellow Real Estate folder. I
highlight the yellow real estate folder and then attempt to look for
File/Import. It is grayed out.
1. I assume if it is not grayed out I will be able to import the real estate
email addresses into this folder alone and not mix with my personal
contacts.
2. I can't figure out why it's grayed out.

Thanks for all your time so far. You've been very helpful
I'm getting used to Outlook and doing better. I used to use the corporate
edition some time ago, but this is the first time I've attempted the
personal version on my machines.

File > Import and Export... > Import from another Folder or file...
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

Yes, it appeard in the address book. It appeared in my contacts book (I
don't find a pab), it appears as a yellow folder under my contacts icon.
Then I see no way, yet to import my business contacts addressess into this
folder via a csv file, for example.

What do you mean you "placed a folder in the address book?"
No such procedure. You create a folder in your Personal Folders file and
then enable it as an email address book in its properties. Then it will
appear in your address book.

in
the

address book. I thought it would allow me to import my contacts

from

a

csv
file and it doesn't. I went back to slipstick to read about the
procedure
again. In that group of articles it doesn't say anything about importing
the
email addressess into the address book.
You have two options in Outlook. Create multiple Contacts subfolders
and
enable each as an email address book in its properties. Or make

use

of
Outlook's Category feature. Read about the pros and cons of each
option
here:
http://www.slipstick.com/contacts/oloabcat.htm

--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
If I sent post twice, it was by mistake. Also, I believe I kept
downloading
the headers and could never find the post, so I reposted. I
mentioned
this
at the bottom of the post to which you just replied.
I am trying to think through the process. I had an identity of
personal
email addresses. Then I had another for buisness. When I

needed

to addresses identities
and

answer

a

second
time.

Please clarify what it is you need to do.
Outlook does not use identities. It does not use groups.
Why did you need separate identities?
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

This is a repeat of a previous post that I never saw online.

I'm an OE immigrant.
I've been trying some things with the address

book/contacts,
but

I
don't
get
it.
In OE I had 3 identities so I wouldn't get my contacts

mixed
up

with
each
other. How should I handel this in Outlook and how should I
import?
The import menu only imported email and not the address

book.

I
copied
over
one of the identities, then had to rebuild the groups. The other
two
identities are waiting for a decision. Thank you.

 

[asussertown]

Russ, I played around with the program for a couple of hours and figured it
out.
I just want to clean up one thing.
I the address book I have three items left justified:
Outlook Address Book
Active Directory
Real Estate
I have 3 items indented:
Contacts
Real Estate
Newsletters.
I tried to delete the left justified Real Estate, becuase it contains
nothing and was an early attempt a setting up the address book. Can't get it
done.

You've left too much out here. Start me at the beginning here and list all
the steps you're using including where this "Real Estate" Folder resides.
Why are you clicking an address book icon on a toolbar?
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

I select Real Estate from my left pane. An address book resides on the
toolbar. I click on the toolbar. I see my personal contacts with the typical
icon. Underneath the contacts icon is a yellow Real Estate folder. I
highlight the yellow real estate folder and then attempt to look for
File/Import. It is grayed out.
1. I assume if it is not grayed out I will be able to import the real estate
email addresses into this folder alone and not mix with my personal
contacts.
2. I can't figure out why it's grayed out.

Thanks for all your time so far. You've been very helpful
I'm getting used to Outlook and doing better. I used to use the corporate
edition some time ago, but this is the first time I've attempted the
personal version on my machines.

File > Import and Export... > Import from another Folder or file...
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Yes, it appeard in the address book. It appeared in my contacts book (I
don't find a pab), it appears as a yellow folder under my contacts icon.
Then I see no way, yet to import my business contacts addressess

into
this

folder via a csv file, for example.

What do you mean you "placed a folder in the address book?"
No such procedure. You create a folder in your Personal Folders

file
and

then enable it as an email address book in its properties. Then it will
appear in your address book.

folder

in

the
address book. I thought it would allow me to import my contacts

from

a
csv
file and it doesn't. I went back to slipstick to read about the
procedure
again. In that group of articles it doesn't say anything about
importing
the
email addressess into the address book.
You have two options in Outlook. Create multiple Contacts subfolders
and
enable each as an email address book in its properties. Or

make
use

of
Outlook's Category feature. Read about the pros and cons of each
option
here:
http://www.slipstick.com/contacts/oloabcat.htm

--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
If I sent post twice, it was by mistake. Also, I believe I kept
downloading
the headers and could never find the post, so I reposted. I
mentioned
this
at the bottom of the post to which you just replied.
I am trying to think through the process. I had an identity of
personal
email addresses. Then I had another for buisness. When I

needed

to
send
an
email to all my business contacts, I simply selected that
identity.
Keeping
all my addresses separate made it quicker to browse the addresses
in
each
identity for any specific purposes. Some of my personal addresses
were
added
to the business set, and some were not. It was a good
organizational
procedure.
I'd like to understand how to plan this out before dumping my
business
addresses into my contacts list. It seems like another issue would
be
that
I
would have to delete duplicates which I displayed

differently

in

each
identity and also I may have to slowly determine which
distribution
list
each address should go into. In order to keep the comments
relatively
simple, I did not mention above that I actually had 3 identities
and
some
of
the addresses of each overlapped. What would your suggestion be?
Please read replies to your posts instead of making us

answer

a
second
time.

Please clarify what it is you need to do.
Outlook does not use identities. It does not use groups.
Why did you need separate identities?
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

This is a repeat of a previous post that I never saw online.

I'm an OE immigrant.
I've been trying some things with the address book/contacts,
but
I
don't
get
it.
In OE I had 3 identities so I wouldn't get my contacts mixed
up
with
each
other. How should I handel this in Outlook and how

should

I

 

[asussertown]

Shall I just delete Mailbox.pab?

You've left too much out here. Start me at the beginning here and list all
the steps you're using including where this "Real Estate" Folder resides.
Why are you clicking an address book icon on a toolbar?
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

I select Real Estate from my left pane. An address book resides on the
toolbar. I click on the toolbar. I see my personal contacts with the typical
icon. Underneath the contacts icon is a yellow Real Estate folder. I
highlight the yellow real estate folder and then attempt to look for
File/Import. It is grayed out.
1. I assume if it is not grayed out I will be able to import the real estate
email addresses into this folder alone and not mix with my personal
contacts.
2. I can't figure out why it's grayed out.

Thanks for all your time so far. You've been very helpful
I'm getting used to Outlook and doing better. I used to use the corporate
edition some time ago, but this is the first time I've attempted the
personal version on my machines.

File > Import and Export... > Import from another Folder or file...
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Yes, it appeard in the address book. It appeared in my contacts book (I
don't find a pab), it appears as a yellow folder under my contacts icon.
Then I see no way, yet to import my business contacts addressess

into
this

folder via a csv file, for example.

What do you mean you "placed a folder in the address book?"
No such procedure. You create a folder in your Personal Folders

file
and

then enable it as an email address book in its properties. Then it will
appear in your address book.

folder

in

the
address book. I thought it would allow me to import my contacts

from

a
csv
file and it doesn't. I went back to slipstick to read about the
procedure
again. In that group of articles it doesn't say anything about
importing
the
email addressess into the address book.
You have two options in Outlook. Create multiple Contacts subfolders
and
enable each as an email address book in its properties. Or

make
use

of
Outlook's Category feature. Read about the pros and cons of each
option
here:
http://www.slipstick.com/contacts/oloabcat.htm

--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
If I sent post twice, it was by mistake. Also, I believe I kept
downloading
the headers and could never find the post, so I reposted. I
mentioned
this
at the bottom of the post to which you just replied.
I am trying to think through the process. I had an identity of
personal
email addresses. Then I had another for buisness. When I

needed

to
send
an
email to all my business contacts, I simply selected that
identity.
Keeping
all my addresses separate made it quicker to browse the addresses
in
each
identity for any specific purposes. Some of my personal addresses
were
added
to the business set, and some were not. It was a good
organizational
procedure.
I'd like to understand how to plan this out before dumping my
business
addresses into my contacts list. It seems like another issue would
be
that
I
would have to delete duplicates which I displayed

differently

in

each
identity and also I may have to slowly determine which
distribution
list
each address should go into. In order to keep the comments
relatively
simple, I did not mention above that I actually had 3 identities
and
some
of
the addresses of each overlapped. What would your suggestion be?
Please read replies to your posts instead of making us

answer

a
second
time.

Please clarify what it is you need to do.
Outlook does not use identities. It does not use groups.
Why did you need separate identities?
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

This is a repeat of a previous post that I never saw online.

I'm an OE immigrant.
I've been trying some things with the address book/contacts,
but
I
don't
get
it.
In OE I had 3 identities so I wouldn't get my contacts mixed
up
with
each
other. How should I handel this in Outlook and how

should

I

 

[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

Tell me what "Real Estate" and "Active Directory" are and how you got them
in your Outlook Address Book.

When you go to
Tools > E-mail accounts > View or change existing directories or address
books > what do you see?

When you go to
Tools > E-mail accounts > View or change existing directories or address
books > Outlook Address Book > Change. > what do you see?

What is Mailbox.pab and what does it have to do with this?
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

Russ, I played around with the program for a couple of hours and figured it
out.
I just want to clean up one thing.
I the address book I have three items left justified:
Outlook Address Book
Active Directory
Real Estate
I have 3 items indented:
Contacts
Real Estate
Newsletters.
I tried to delete the left justified Real Estate, becuase it contains
nothing and was an early attempt a setting up the address book. Can't get it
done.

You've left too much out here. Start me at the beginning here and list all
the steps you're using including where this "Real Estate" Folder resides.
Why are you clicking an address book icon on a toolbar?
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

I select Real Estate from my left pane. An address book resides on the
toolbar. I click on the toolbar. I see my personal contacts with the typical
icon. Underneath the contacts icon is a yellow Real Estate folder. I
highlight the yellow real estate folder and then attempt to look for
File/Import. It is grayed out.
1. I assume if it is not grayed out I will be able to import the real estate
email addresses into this folder alone and not mix with my personal
contacts.
2. I can't figure out why it's grayed out.

Thanks for all your time so far. You've been very helpful
I'm getting used to Outlook and doing better. I used to use the corporate
edition some time ago, but this is the first time I've attempted the
personal version on my machines.


File > Import and Export... > Import from another Folder or file...

book
(I

don't find a pab), it appears as a yellow folder under my contacts
icon.
Then I see no way, yet to import my business contacts addressess into
this
folder via a csv file, for example.

What do you mean you "placed a folder in the address book?"
No such procedure. You create a folder in your Personal Folders file
and
then enable it as an email address book in its properties. Then it
will
appear in your address book.

folder

in
the
address book. I thought it would allow me to import my

contacts
from

a
csv
file and it doesn't. I went back to slipstick to read about the
procedure
again. In that group of articles it doesn't say anything about
importing
the
email addressess into the address book.
You have two options in Outlook. Create multiple Contacts
subfolders
and
enable each as an email address book in its properties. Or make
use
of
Outlook's Category feature. Read about the pros and cons of each
option
here:
http://www.slipstick.com/contacts/oloabcat.htm

--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
If I sent post twice, it was by mistake. Also, I believe I kept
downloading
the headers and could never find the post, so I reposted. I
mentioned
this
at the bottom of the post to which you just replied.
I am trying to think through the process. I had an

identity

of

personal
email addresses. Then I had another for buisness. When I needed
to
send
an
email to all my business contacts, I simply selected that
identity.
Keeping
all my addresses separate made it quicker to browse the
addresses
in
each
identity for any specific purposes. Some of my personal
addresses
were
added
to the business set, and some were not. It was a good
organizational
procedure.
I'd like to understand how to plan this out before dumping my
business
addresses into my contacts list. It seems like another issue
would
be
that
I
would have to delete duplicates which I displayed

differently

in
each
identity and also I may have to slowly determine which
distribution
list
each address should go into. In order to keep the comments
relatively
simple, I did not mention above that I actually had 3 identities
and
some
of
the addresses of each overlapped. What would your

suggestion
be?

message
Please read replies to your posts instead of making us answer
a
second
time.

Please clarify what it is you need to do.
Outlook does not use identities. It does not use groups.
Why did you need separate identities?
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
message

This is a repeat of a previous post that I never saw online.

I'm an OE immigrant.
I've been trying some things with the address book/contacts,
but
I
don't
get
it.
In OE I had 3 identities so I wouldn't get my contacts mixed
up
with
each
other. How should I handel this in Outlook and how

should

I
import?
The import menu only imported email and not the address
book.
I
copied
over
one of the identities, then had to rebuild the groups. The
other
two
identities are waiting for a decision. Thank you.

 

[asussertown]

After reading, I created the Real Estate contact group and then in
Properties created an address book. I don't remember how the other one got
there. I messed around for about 2 hours until I figured something out. As I
said, it's at the left edge as is Active Directory in the address book

Tell me what "Real Estate" and "Active Directory" are and how you got them
in your Outlook Address Book.

When you go to
Tools > E-mail accounts > View or change existing directories or address
books > what do you see?

When you go to
Tools > E-mail accounts > View or change existing directories or address
books > Outlook Address Book > Change. > what do you see?

What is Mailbox.pab and what does it have to do with this?
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

Russ, I played around with the program for a couple of hours and figured it
out.
I just want to clean up one thing.
I the address book I have three items left justified:
Outlook Address Book
Active Directory
Real Estate
I have 3 items indented:
Contacts
Real Estate
Newsletters.
I tried to delete the left justified Real Estate, becuase it contains
nothing and was an early attempt a setting up the address book. Can't

get

it
done.

You've left too much out here. Start me at the beginning here and list all
the steps you're using including where this "Real Estate" Folder resides.
Why are you clicking an address book icon on a toolbar?
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
I select Real Estate from my left pane. An address book resides on the
toolbar. I click on the toolbar. I see my personal contacts with the
typical
icon. Underneath the contacts icon is a yellow Real Estate folder. I
highlight the yellow real estate folder and then attempt to look for
File/Import. It is grayed out.
1. I assume if it is not grayed out I will be able to import the real
estate
email addresses into this folder alone and not mix with my personal
contacts.
2. I can't figure out why it's grayed out.

Thanks for all your time so far. You've been very helpful
I'm getting used to Outlook and doing better. I used to use the corporate
edition some time ago, but this is the first time I've attempted the
personal version on my machines.


File > Import and Export... > Import from another Folder or file...
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Yes, it appeard in the address book. It appeared in my contacts book
(I
don't find a pab), it appears as a yellow folder under my contacts
icon.
Then I see no way, yet to import my business contacts addressess into
this
folder via a csv file, for example.

What do you mean you "placed a folder in the address book?"
No such procedure. You create a folder in your Personal

Folders
file

and
then enable it as an email address book in its properties.

Then

it

will
appear in your address book.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
I elected to create a business contacts folder. I placed a folder
in
the
address book. I thought it would allow me to import my contacts
from
a
csv
file and it doesn't. I went back to slipstick to read about the
procedure
again. In that group of articles it doesn't say anything about
importing
the
email addressess into the address book.
You have two options in Outlook. Create multiple Contacts
subfolders
and
enable each as an email address book in its properties. Or make
use
of
Outlook's Category feature. Read about the pros and cons

of
each

option
here:
http://www.slipstick.com/contacts/oloabcat.htm

--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
If I sent post twice, it was by mistake. Also, I believe I
kept
downloading
the headers and could never find the post, so I

reposted.

I

mentioned
this
at the bottom of the post to which you just replied.
I am trying to think through the process. I had an

identity

of
personal
email addresses. Then I had another for buisness. When I
needed
to
send
an
email to all my business contacts, I simply selected that
identity.
Keeping
all my addresses separate made it quicker to browse the
addresses
in
each
identity for any specific purposes. Some of my personal
addresses
were
added
to the business set, and some were not. It was a good
organizational
procedure.
I'd like to understand how to plan this out before

dumping
my

business
addresses into my contacts list. It seems like another issue
would
be
that
I
would have to delete duplicates which I displayed differently
in
each
identity and also I may have to slowly determine which
distribution
list
each address should go into. In order to keep the comments
relatively
simple, I did not mention above that I actually had 3
identities
and
some
of
the addresses of each overlapped. What would your suggestion
be?
message
Please read replies to your posts instead of making us
answer
a
second
time.

Please clarify what it is you need to do.
Outlook does not use identities. It does not use groups.
Why did you need separate identities?
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
message

This is a repeat of a previous post that I never saw
online.

I'm an OE immigrant.
I've been trying some things with the address
book/contacts,
but
I
don't
get
it.
In OE I had 3 identities so I wouldn't get my contacts
mixed
up
with
each
other. How should I handel this in Outlook and how should
I
import?
The import menu only imported email and not the address
book.
I
copied
over
one of the identities, then had to rebuild the

groups.
The

other
two
identities are waiting for a decision. Thank you.

 

[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

Your terminology is confusing, so I can't follow your post. Could you
perhaps answer my questions so I can get oriented? I'm not even sure to what
view you are referring, and this post is so old, I can't remember what
version of Outlook this is.

 

[asussertown]

I created the Real Estate contact group in Outlook XP.
R. Click/Properties on Real Estate and find Properties.
On the tab: Outlook Address Book check Show this Folder as an address book.
Now, open the address book on the toolbar. Open the drop down box.
I have Real Estate indented and another Real Estate not indented along with
Active Directory not indented. I don't remember how I created the unindented
one, but it is useless. The indented one is the one I now understand and
use.
I thought I could delete the other and keep things cleaned up.

Your terminology is confusing, so I can't follow your post. Could you
perhaps answer my questions so I can get oriented? I'm not even sure to what
view you are referring, and this post is so old, I can't remember what
version of Outlook this is.

--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

After reading, I created the Real Estate contact group and then in
Properties created an address book. I don't remember how the other one got
there. I messed around for about 2 hours until I figured something out.

As

I
said, it's at the left edge as is Active Directory in the address book

 

[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

Can't you just remove the old invalid references here?
Tools > E-mail accounts > View or change existing directories or address
books > Outlook Address Book > Change.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

I created the Real Estate contact group in Outlook XP.
R. Click/Properties on Real Estate and find Properties.
On the tab: Outlook Address Book check Show this Folder as an address book.
Now, open the address book on the toolbar. Open the drop down box.
I have Real Estate indented and another Real Estate not indented along with
Active Directory not indented. I don't remember how I created the unindented
one, but it is useless. The indented one is the one I now understand and
use.
I thought I could delete the other and keep things cleaned up.

Your terminology is confusing, so I can't follow your post. Could you
perhaps answer my questions so I can get oriented? I'm not even sure to what
view you are referring, and this post is so old, I can't remember what
version of Outlook this is.

--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

After reading, I created the Real Estate contact group and then in
Properties created an address book. I don't remember how the other one got
there. I messed around for about 2 hours until I figured something

out.

 

[asussertown]

That worked.
I had been looking at view or change email accounts. Thank you.

Can't you just remove the old invalid references here?
Tools > E-mail accounts > View or change existing directories or address
books > Outlook Address Book > Change.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

I created the Real Estate contact group in Outlook XP.
R. Click/Properties on Real Estate and find Properties.
On the tab: Outlook Address Book check Show this Folder as an address book.
Now, open the address book on the toolbar. Open the drop down box.
I have Real Estate indented and another Real Estate not indented along with
Active Directory not indented. I don't remember how I created the unindented
one, but it is useless. The indented one is the one I now understand and
use.
I thought I could delete the other and keep things cleaned up.

Your terminology is confusing, so I can't follow your post. Could you
perhaps answer my questions so I can get oriented? I'm not even sure

to
what

view you are referring, and this post is so old, I can't remember what
version of Outlook this is.

--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
After reading, I created the Real Estate contact group and then in
Properties created an address book. I don't remember how the other

one
got

there. I messed around for about 2 hours until I figured something

out.

As
I
said, it's at the left edge as is Active Directory in the address book

Tell me what "Real Estate" and "Active Directory" are and how you got
them
in your Outlook Address Book.

When you go to
Tools > E-mail accounts > View or change existing directories or address
books > what do you see?

When you go to
Tools > E-mail accounts > View or change existing directories or address
books > Outlook Address Book > Change. > what do you see?

What is Mailbox.pab and what does it have to do with this?