Make contacts viewed as hierarchical folders?

[Joe C.]

Hi,

I want to be able to make my contacts viewed as folders. Currently each
"group" of contacts shows up in a list. But, I want to have sub-categories
and such...just like Windows Explorer. Is this possible with Outlook 2003?

Thanks!

Joe

 

[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

Clarify to what view you are referring, what you mean by "groups of
Contacts," and what you mean by sub-categories. Those are vague terms that
you are using without defining.

 

[Joe C.]

OK...will try. When I open up Outlook the "Navigation Pane" is on the bottom
left. I can click on "Contacts" in it and to the right contacts will be
displayed and directly above the "Navigation Pane" my long list of contact
"groups" - or folders - appear (for example 'friends', 'family', 'work',
'sports', ect.). On these I can click and the contacts in that folder will
appear on the right.

All is fine with this...except that I have a lot of folders and would like
to make subfolders (just as if one was in Windows Explorerk) to organize all
my contacts and make looking up names easier.

For instance, one folder would be 'Work Contacts'. And, that folder would
have the subfolders of 'Freelancers', 'Washington Contacts', 'Baltimore
Contacts', and so on.

Did I clear up my vague-ness with the above???

Once again...thanks!

Joe

Clarify to what view you are referring, what you mean by "groups of
Contacts," and what you mean by sub-categories. Those are vague terms that
you are using without defining.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

Hi,

I want to be able to make my contacts viewed as folders. Currently each
"group" of contacts shows up in a list. But, I want to have
sub-categories
and such...just like Windows Explorer. Is this possible with Outlook
2003?

Thanks!

Joe

 

[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

Use Folder List view of the NAV pane to display your folder hierarchy.
You might want to consider using a better way to organize your Contacts.
Creating so many separate folders can have a lot of drawbacks.
http://www.slipstick.com/contacts/oloabcat.htm
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

OK...will try. When I open up Outlook the "Navigation Pane" is on the
bottom
left. I can click on "Contacts" in it and to the right contacts will be
displayed and directly above the "Navigation Pane" my long list of contact
"groups" - or folders - appear (for example 'friends', 'family', 'work',
'sports', ect.). On these I can click and the contacts in that folder
will
appear on the right.

All is fine with this...except that I have a lot of folders and would like
to make subfolders (just as if one was in Windows Explorerk) to organize
all
my contacts and make looking up names easier.

For instance, one folder would be 'Work Contacts'. And, that folder would
have the subfolders of 'Freelancers', 'Washington Contacts', 'Baltimore
Contacts', and so on.

Did I clear up my vague-ness with the above???

Once again...thanks!

Joe

Clarify to what view you are referring, what you mean by "groups of
Contacts," and what you mean by sub-categories. Those are vague terms
that
you are using without defining.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

Hi,

I want to be able to make my contacts viewed as folders. Currently
each
"group" of contacts shows up in a list. But, I want to have
sub-categories
and such...just like Windows Explorer. Is this possible with Outlook
2003?

Thanks!

Joe

 

[Joe C.]

Awesome. Great. Thank you. Just what I wanted!

Joe

Use Folder List view of the NAV pane to display your folder hierarchy.
You might want to consider using a better way to organize your Contacts.
Creating so many separate folders can have a lot of drawbacks.
http://www.slipstick.com/contacts/oloabcat.htm
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

OK...will try. When I open up Outlook the "Navigation Pane" is on the
bottom
left. I can click on "Contacts" in it and to the right contacts will be
displayed and directly above the "Navigation Pane" my long list of contact
"groups" - or folders - appear (for example 'friends', 'family', 'work',
'sports', ect.). On these I can click and the contacts in that folder
will
appear on the right.

All is fine with this...except that I have a lot of folders and would like
to make subfolders (just as if one was in Windows Explorerk) to organize
all
my contacts and make looking up names easier.

For instance, one folder would be 'Work Contacts'. And, that folder would
have the subfolders of 'Freelancers', 'Washington Contacts', 'Baltimore
Contacts', and so on.

Did I clear up my vague-ness with the above???

Once again...thanks!

Joe

Clarify to what view you are referring, what you mean by "groups of
Contacts," and what you mean by sub-categories. Those are vague terms
that
you are using without defining.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Hi,

I want to be able to make my contacts viewed as folders. Currently
each
"group" of contacts shows up in a list. But, I want to have
sub-categories
and such...just like Windows Explorer. Is this possible with Outlook
2003?

Thanks!

Joe