Convert from Outlook 2003 to Outlook 2007

[Rev Anderson]

I am confused. I had all of my Contacts assigned to Specific Categories in
OL 2003. I imported all of my information from a .pst file into my new OL
2007.

The Categories for my Contacts are shown. But, I can not find any way to
sort, add, or change these categories for the Contacts. I tried adding a new
Contact and that didn't even give me any way to add a Category to the new
Contact.

Where did the Category table go??? All I can find is some Color code
Categories, like all you need are 6-colors. And, even those do not show up
for adding to new Contacts. The OL Help says to control Categories through
Business Contact Manager. Since there are no Business Contacts yet, that
just takes me to a blank screen?

What happened to the access to Categories for the Contacts?

 

[Ross]

No answer, I just agree- in my 2000 contacts I do not know how to export and
import categories- they just get lost which is a huge disappointment.

 

[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

This information has been posted here many times:
http://www.slipstick.com/outlook/olcat.asp

 

[Rev Anderson]

All that link tells me is that there is no way to import my Categories into
OL 2007. Plus, it tells me how to automatically have "Color" Categories
randomly added to my Contacts.

Why would anyone wnat to that? I don't need colors for categories. I need
words to identify the categories. Out here, in the wild and not in some
Microsoft office, we would really like to be able to keep features like
Categories when being forced to upgrade.

Why do we have to spend hours re-creating these things, when it could have
been set-up to actually import them?

How do we set-up/add Text Categories in OL 2007?
--
Life is an adventure with God leading.

This information has been posted here many times:
http://www.slipstick.com/outlook/olcat.asp

--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

I am confused. I had all of my Contacts assigned to Specific Categories in
OL 2003. I imported all of my information from a .pst file into my new OL
2007.

The Categories for my Contacts are shown. But, I can not find any way to
sort, add, or change these categories for the Contacts. I tried adding a
new
Contact and that didn't even give me any way to add a Category to the new
Contact.

Where did the Category table go??? All I can find is some Color code
Categories, like all you need are 6-colors. And, even those do not show
up
for adding to new Contacts. The OL Help says to control Categories
through
Business Contact Manager. Since there are no Business Contacts yet, that
just takes me to a blank screen?

What happened to the access to Categories for the Contacts?

 

[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

IIRC it tells you how to migrate Categories from earlier versions.
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Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

All that link tells me is that there is no way to import my Categories
into
OL 2007. Plus, it tells me how to automatically have "Color" Categories
randomly added to my Contacts.

Why would anyone wnat to that? I don't need colors for categories. I
need
words to identify the categories. Out here, in the wild and not in some
Microsoft office, we would really like to be able to keep features like
Categories when being forced to upgrade.

Why do we have to spend hours re-creating these things, when it could have
been set-up to actually import them?

How do we set-up/add Text Categories in OL 2007?
--
Life is an adventure with God leading.

This information has been posted here many times:
http://www.slipstick.com/outlook/olcat.asp

--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

I am confused. I had all of my Contacts assigned to Specific Categories
in
OL 2003. I imported all of my information from a .pst file into my new
OL
2007.

The Categories for my Contacts are shown. But, I can not find any way
to
sort, add, or change these categories for the Contacts. I tried adding
a
new
Contact and that didn't even give me any way to add a Category to the
new
Contact.

Where did the Category table go??? All I can find is some Color code
Categories, like all you need are 6-colors. And, even those do not
show
up
for adding to new Contacts. The OL Help says to control Categories
through
Business Contact Manager. Since there are no Business Contacts yet,
that
just takes me to a blank screen?

What happened to the access to Categories for the Contacts?

 

[Brian Tillman [MVP - Outlook]]

I am confused. I had all of my Contacts assigned to Specific Categories in
OL 2003. I imported all of my information from a .pst file into my new OL
2007.

Did you try just opening the PST instead of importing?