While i couldn't agree more with the "do not use import/export" for moving
from one PC to another - there are a few bits and pieces of information
missing in the original requirement description
" import them on my asst's pc, have her make new contacts and revise old
one's, copy that new contact file, and import it back into my pc"
Assumptions from description:
#1 - Primary contact folder remains "in use" while assistant works on
"copied" contacts.... yes/no?
#2 - Expected turn-around from from primary person --> to assistant -->
back to primary person
#3 - Frequency that this is expected to occur vis-a-vis the other
requirement statement of "on a continuous basis"
#4 - what is the source of the changes/additions that need to be made?
(paper, a file from somewhere etc - or to ask this another way - how does
the assistant keep track of what needs to be changed from "one update to
another"?
#5 - Are these contacts in the 'default contact" folder or some general
purpose contact folder?
A viable solution depends a great deal on the answers since if #1 is true -
then just copying back a PST file from the assistant isn't really going to
cut it. Another key item is the answer to #4 - i.e. paper based source or
some electronic based source of updated/new information. Of course the
answer to #5 determines if it's practical to simply replace the original
contact folder with the "revised" folder once the assistant is done.
Regardless of what the answers are - using Outlook's import/export wizard
as any kind of viable approach are likely slim to "hazordous to one's
health/sanity" for all kinds of reasons in this case.
Karl
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Karl Timmermans - The Claxton Group
ContactGenie - QuickPort/DataPort/Exporter/Toolkit/Duplicate Contact Mgr
"Contact import/export/data management tools for Outlook '2000/2010"
http://www.contactgenie.com
