WAB Windows Address Book Questions - Exporting + Adding Fields + etc

[tmb]

Windows XP Pro comes with a free utility named Windows Address Book. (WAB)

1 - Can you add fields to it?

2 - Can you export _all_ the fields to a standard delimited format so that
you can import into Outlook, Access or Excel?

3 - Are there any Windows Address Book newsgroups or forums around?

4 - We are considering using WAB on some systems to save the cost of
Outlook... are there any issues or problems with using WAB I should be aware
of?

thanks - tmb

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

Launch Outlook Express and from the toolbar select:
Addresses > Help > Contents and Index. Everything
you wish to know about Address Book is covered in
the available topics listed under the Index tab.

Differences Between Outlook and Outlook Express
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;257824

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Microsoft MVP
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| Windows XP Pro comes with a free utility named Windows Address Book. (WAB)
|
| 1 - Can you add fields to it?
|
| 2 - Can you export _all_ the fields to a standard delimited format so that
| you can import into Outlook, Access or Excel?
|
| 3 - Are there any Windows Address Book newsgroups or forums around?
|
| 4 - We are considering using WAB on some systems to save the cost of
| Outlook... are there any issues or problems with using WAB I should be aware
| of?
|
| thanks - tmb

 

[PA Bear]

Inline.

Windows XP Pro comes with a free utility named Windows Address Book. (WAB)

1 - Can you add fields to it?

Some. Right-click on the third or higher column header to see the choices.
More in this archived thread: http://snipurl.com/833y

2 - Can you export _all_ the fields to a standard delimited format so that
you can import into Outlook, Access or Excel?

No, Groups and Folders will neither export nor import; only Shared Contacts
will export. You can configure WAB to share contacts (not the same as
'Shared Contacts' folder in WAB) with OL, if need be:
http://insideoe.tomsterdam.com/files/wab.htm#share. Note that any changes
(additions, deletions, edits, of contacts and folders) made while sharing is
enabled will not be available (displayed) in Address Book if sharing is
disabled.

3 - Are there any Windows Address Book newsgroups or forums around?

OE6-specific newsgroup:
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie6_outlookexpress
OL-specific: news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.outlook.contacts

4 - We are considering using WAB on some systems to save the cost of
Outlook... are there any issues or problems with using WAB I should be
aware of?

There are some, yes. See http://insideoe.tomsterdam.com/files/wab.htm
(especially http://insideoe.tomsterdam.com/files/wab.htm#wabexe).

OL is designed to be used on a network. OE is not:
http://insideoe.tomsterdam.com/faqs/why.htm#network
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~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE), AH-VSOP

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