AAAAH-so,,, Its not an error that Outlook Address Book is the first
option,
its just poor programming. Another item showing up whose only function
seems
to be to confuse. Microsoft is good at that TWO EXPLORERS is another
example.
Well thanks for the clarification. You might try English the next time
you
explain something,,saves on the high blood pressure medicine.
:
What part of my reply do you not understand?
For the third time:
The Outlook Address Book should be empty. It holds any Contacts
Folders
that
you have enabled as address books. The Contacts Folders contain your
data and should appear beneath the Outlook Address Book. Select those
to
see
your entries.
In Outlook you can select which of the Contact Folders you want to
appear
first in the Select Names dropdown so you won't actually have to see
the
"Outlook Address Book" heading. In Word, you cannot make that choice.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
I don't seem to be describing the problem right. SO: 1. Useing
"Letter
wizard" in Word. 2. Recipient Info Tab,,3. Click Address book
icon,,4.
Dialog
box appears with drop-down list. (Backup of Default
Outlook-2,3,4,5,6)(Default Outlook-highlighted)(Outlook),, 4. Accept
--highlighted>"Default Outlook" by clicking OK,,5. "Select Name"
Dialog
appears--"Show names from the:" drop-down list --"Outlook Address
book"
is
first choice & "No entries in this address book" is the message.,,
6.
Click-drop-down arrow reveals "Contacts" --Select -
"contacts" --then
and
only then do names appear.
Question: 1. Is "Outlook Address Book" a useable address book? If
not
why
does it appear in the "show names from the:" list as the first and
evidently
the DEFAULT ADDRESS BOOK? 2. This is annoying--How does one place
names
in
it and enable it for use or eliminate it from appearing as an option
as
an
address book??????
:
Outlook supports multiple Contacts folders; if there are multiple
folders,
each appears in a list under the "Outlook Address Book" heading
because
each
is an Outlook Address Book. There is no way to eliminate
Outlook's
multiple Contact folder support, hence there is no way to eliminate
the
"Outlook Address Book" heading.
Hal
--
Hal Hostetler, CPBE -- (e-mail address removed)
Senior Engineer/MIS -- MS MVP-S/U -- WA7BGX
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ADDENDUM: What I was trying to do was eliminate "contacts" in the
drop-down
list of "show names from the:" leaving only "Outlook Address
Book"
BECAUSE
in
Word while using the address book the default seems to be
"Outlook
Address
Book" which comes up first forceing you to click to "contacts" to
choose
an
address.
If the "Outlook Address Book" no present is just an identifier
how
do
you
eliminate it, so only one is listed when using address book in
word????.
For
that matter if it is unusable why list it at all????
:
When I select address book I get a dialog box with info from my
contacts.
1. In the drop-down list "Show names from the:" CONTACTS is
listed.
2. IF I select OUTLOOK ADDRESS BOOK the page is empty and a "no
entries
in
this address book" is the only entry.
3. Checking the Properties results in this message: "Properties
dialog
box
could not be displayed. An attempt was made to open an
unsupported
property"
4. How does one correctly move info from contacts list to the
OUTLOOK
ADDRESS BOOK and then eliminate the CONTACTS (in the drop down
list)
so
only
the OUTLOOK ADDRESS BOOK shows when you open ADDRESS BOOK from
the
menu
bar?
