Changing/deleting categories en masse

[Guest]

Opening and changing the category of several hundred contacts is tooooooo
time consuming. I want to be able to delete/change the category from all of
the contacts affected at once, not one at a time. how can I do that?

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[Ben M. Schorr - MVP]

Aloha Rox,

Try this: Change your view to "By Category", select all of the items you
want to change and drag/drop them to the "None" category group.

-Ben-
Ben M. Schorr - MVP
http://www.rolandschorr.com
Microsoft OneNote FAQ: http://www.factplace.com/onenote.html

 

[Guest]

I tried that with 3 test contacts and lost all of their categories. I only
want to add/delete/change a specific one. While I could do a mass category
delete this way, I still have to then bring up each contact to add back the
categories I did not wish to delete. How do I tell Outlook only to get rid
of the one I don't want?

 

[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

Why not just select them all, R click, then reassign?

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

That will add the category, not change existing categories.

To change or delete a category on multiple items, select them, right-click and choose Categories, then change only that one category.

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003

and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers

 

[Ben M. Schorr - MVP]

Aloha Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook],

Too easy.

-Ben-
Ben M. Schorr - MVP
http://www.rolandschorr.com
Microsoft OneNote FAQ: http://www.factplace.com/onenote.html