what do the different contact icons mean in Outlook?

[Guest]

there is an icon that looks like a v-card and an icon which looks like a
yellow post-it not with a push-pin in it. What do they mean/what is the
difference?

 

[Brian Tillman]

there is an icon that looks like a v-card and an icon which looks
like a yellow post-it not with a push-pin in it. What do they
mean/what is the difference?

See this: http://www.howto-outlook.com/howto/icons.htm

 

[Guest]

thanks, that is helpful. But it deepens my question. Why would the icon for a
contct be an email "post" contact. I still don't understand why one contact
card looks like a v-card icon and the other looks like a "post" icon

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

Most likely, it's a custom form. Add the Message Class field from the All Contact Fields list to the current view to confirm.

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003

and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers

 

[Guest]

thanks. i added the field but the infomtion in it crosses both icons I
mentioned. there is something else that these icons mean...

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

but the infomtion in it crosses both icons

I don't know what you mean by that.

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003

and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers

thanks. i added the field but the infomtion in it crosses both icons I
mentioned. there is something else that these icons mean...

 

[Guest]

I added the Messge Calls Field but the field is poulated with information
that can apply to both icons, in other words there seems to be no correlation
between that field and the 2 icon types I have.

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

Added the field where? If you add it to a folder view, that field is available to any item visible in the current view, regardless of what form that item is using.

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003

and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers

I added the Messge Calls Field but the field is poulated with information
that can apply to both icons, in other words there seems to be no correlation
between that field and the 2 icon types I have.