Outlook Contacts, duplicate entries

[Micahel Brady]

I was recently upgraded to Outlook 2002 and XP Pro. I
now have duplicate entries in my address book. One entry
if the contact as an entry and a second entry if the
person also has a fax number entered. This only seems to
occur when looking for contacts from the inbox, not the
regular contacts icon.

How do i avoid displaying contacts fax numbers when
sending e-mail.

 

[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

Those aren't duplicates then. The Outlook Address Book has always displayed
each electronic address separately.
That behavior cannot be changed. The only way to prevent the display of fax
numbers is to store them in a different field or to disguise them (e.g.,
precede them with an alpha character) so that Outlook won't recognize them
as phone numbers.
There are also a number of utilities available that can do this for you
automatically. Some are listed here:
http://www.slipstick.com/contacts/nofax.htm