How can I update contact info without replacing or creating dupes?

[Guest]

I want to UPDATE info only. For instance:

If the existing info for Tom Smith lists his business number and the new
info lists his home number, I want these two to merge- not create 2 different
entries for Tom Smith.

Thank you,
B

 

[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

Please post a complete and coherent question if you have one.

 

[Guest]

Was that not coherent? Let me try slowly this time.

How can I update my contacts with new information without REPLACING old info
or making duplicates? For example, if Russ has a work phone number listed,
and I want to add another work number- how can I avoid replacing the old with
the new? I want for the program to ultimately show two work numbers for Russ.

Thank you.

Please post a complete and coherent question if you have one.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

I want to UPDATE info only. For instance:

If the existing info for Tom Smith lists his business number and the new
info lists his home number, I want these two to merge- not create 2
different
entries for Tom Smith.

Thank you,
B

 

[Ben M. Schorr - MVP]

Aloha B. RAORANE,

Open the Contact item for Russ, select a different phone number field and
enter the second phone number.

-Ben-
Ben M. Schorr - MVP
Roland Schorr & Tower
http://www.rolandschorr.com
Microsoft OneNote FAQ: http://www.factplace.com/onenotefaq.htm

Was that not coherent? Let me try slowly this time.

How can I update my contacts with new information without REPLACING
old info or making duplicates? For example, if Russ has a work phone
number listed, and I want to add another work number- how can I avoid
replacing the old with the new? I want for the program to ultimately
show two work numbers for Russ.

Thank you.

Please post a complete and coherent question if you have one.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

I want to UPDATE info only. For instance:

If the existing info for Tom Smith lists his business number and the
new
info lists his home number, I want these two to merge- not create 2
different
entries for Tom Smith.
Thank you,

 

[Brian Tillman]

I want to UPDATE info only. For instance:

If the existing info for Tom Smith lists his business number and the
new info lists his home number, I want these two to merge- not create
2 different entries for Tom Smith.

So, open Tom Smith's contact record and type in his home number.

 

[Brian Tillman]

Thank you. That answer siffices for one contact. What do I do if I
am importing contacts from Excel- a whole bunch of them and want them
to merge with existing contacts? ie- update existing contacts, not
replace.

What I would do, perhaps, would be to export the contacts into an file, use
Excel to merge the data, then delete my existing contacts and import the
Excel file.