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Microsoft Outlook Contacts Issues
This page contains links to articles and tips on Slipstick.com and Microsoft's Knowledge Base.

 
 

Printing & Merging | Distribution Lists | Address Book Display | Name Resolution | Contact Form | Import/Export | Sharing | Other | More Information

Contacts Index

The following is a list of all files in the Contacts section of slipstick.com. The newest pages are at the top of the list.

Directory Listing
  • Inserting Outlook Addresses into Microsoft Word Documents
  • Categories vs. multiple Contacts folders in Microsoft Outlook
  • Enabling the Microsoft Outlook Address Book and Contacts folder
  • Coordinating Microsoft Outlook Contacts and the Personal Address Book
  • To share Contacts between Microsoft Outlook and Outlook Express
  • To print an Exchange 5.5 distribution list
  • Import PAB DL
  • Public Folder and other mailbox Contacts folders
  • Why does Microsoft Outlook support both Contacts and Personal Address Book?
  • To show the Home address on a Microsoft Outlook contact form by default
  • Change Contact's File As format
  • Change Contact's Email Display Name format
  • To get rid of the (E-mail) and (Business Fax) labels in addresses
  • Show only e-mail addresses, not fax numbers
  • Combine duplicate contact items
  • Outlook and Exchange Distribution Lists
  • Start a Word letter from an Outlook contact
  • To calculate the age of a Microsoft Outlook contact
  • Import vCards in Bulk
  • To keep Microsoft Outlook from putting the wrong country in new addresses
  • Add addresses automatically to Outlook Contacts
  • Let Outlook decide (the message format)
  • Printing Labels or Envelopes for Microsoft Outlook Contacts
  • Printing Address Books from Outlook and Exchange Server
  • To link a Microsoft Outlook item to a contact
  • Problem: The clipboard is cleared when you open a Contact form
  • Changing the Business Card layout
  • Add Birthdays and Anniversariess to the Calendar
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    Printing & Merging
  • Printing Microsoft Outlook and Exchange Address Books
  • Print Labels and Envelopes for Contacts
  • To start a Word letter from a Microsoft Outlook contact
  • Inserting Addresses in Microsoft Word Documents
  • Mail Merge - Not Just for Form Letters Anymore
  • Create fast, targeted correspondence using Outlook's Contacts
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    MSKB articles:

  • XCLN: How to Enable a Public Contacts Folder for Access from Within Word
  • OL2000: How to Mail Merge Using Contacts
  • OL2000: Company Name Is Incorrect When You Use the New Letter to Contact Feature
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    Distribution Lists
  • Microsoft Outlook and Exchange Distribution Lists
  • OL2000: (CW) Error Attempting to Send to Contact Distribution List Members  
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    Address Book Display
  • Enabling the Outlook Address Book and Contacts folder
  • Coordinating Outlook Contacts and the PAB
  • Why does Outlook have both Contacts and the Personal Address Book?
  • Can I make the Microsoft Outlook Address Book show only e-mail addresses, not fax numbers?
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    MSKB articles:

  • OL97: How to Change the Name of Contacts in the Address Book  
  • OL98: (CW) Changing the "File As" Order of Contacts  
  • OL98: How to Control the Sort Order of Your Contacts  
  • OL2000: How to Control the Sort Order of Your Contacts  
  • OL2000: (CW) Changing the "File As" Order of Contacts  

  • OL2000 (IMO) Contacts Without Names Do Not Display in Your Address Book

  • OL2002 Outlook Address Book Does Not Display All the Contacts in Word

  • OL2002 How to Control the Sort Order for Your Contacts

  • OL2002 How to Display Contacts Sorted by Last Name, First Name

  • OL2002 You Receive an Error Message When You Click the Address Book

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    Name Resolution

    		 Outlook 2000 and earlier versions handle partial names in the To box with an "auto-resolution" feature, not the auto-complete you'll find in Outlook Express. Outlook 2002 adds an auto-complete feature that can hold up to 1,000 names in the cache. See:
  • Address Auto-Resolution vs. Auto-Complete
  • Address auto-resolution revisited
  • OL2000 (CW) How to Specify a Particular Address Book
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    More on Outlook 2002 resolution:

  • Outlook 2002 Completes the E-mail Addresses You Begin to Type
  • OL2002 AutoComplete Lists Deleted Contacts Among Possible Name Resolutions
  • OL2002 Slow Performance Starting Outlook with Full Name Cache
  • OL2002 Autocomplete May Not Function After You Upgrade from Outlook 2000 Internet Mail Only to Outlook 2002
  • OL2002 Automatic Completion Function Is Not Resolving Addresses to Names in the Cache
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    To remove a name from the auto-complete list in Outlook 2002, press Delete when the name pops up as you type into the To box. To clean up the entire list, see:

  • OL2002 How to Reset the Nickname and Automatic Completion Cache
  • How to Remove Corrupted Names in Nickname List (Outlook 97/98/2000)
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    Contact Form
  • Changing the Business Card layout
  • Microsoft Outlook Contact Forms -- quirks and limitations
  • To show the Home address on a Contact form by default
  • Creating a "New Fax to Contact" Action
  • Changing the Display Order for Outlook Contacts
  • Required Categories Contact Form
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    MSKB articles:

  • OL97: Some Countries Not in Contact Address List  
  • OL2000 A Phone Number in Your Contacts Folder Does Not Format Correctly
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    Import/Export
  • To add addresses automatically
  • Converting Addresses
  • Converting from a MAPI address book to PAB or Contacts
  • vCard Export Problems
  • OL97: Imported Fax Numbers May not Work in Outlook  
  • OL97: Problem Exporting Multi-line Contact Street Addresses  
  • OL97: Address Displays Incorrectly on Imported Contacts  
  • OL97: How to Correct Formatting and Parsing of Imported Contacts  
  • XADM: How to Send Outlook Contacts to an Internet User
  • Outlook--Merging Contacts Without Duplication
  • OL2000 Converting vCard to Contact Displays the Windows Address Book
  • OL2000 (CW) How to Replace Names in a Contact E-mail Address Field
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    Resolve E-mail Address Utility Resolves all e-mail addresses in Contacts to ensure that they appear in your Outlook Address Book. Use after importing from a database or .csv file.
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    Sharing
  • Shared Address Books
  • Sharing Microsoft Outlook Calendar and Contacts
  • OL98: How to Share Contacts Between Computers  
  • OL2000: (CW) How to Display Contacts for Two Different Mailboxes in the Same Outlook Address Book  
  • OL2000: SBCM- All New Contacts Are Marked Private After Saving  
  • Share Contacts Using Electronic Business Cards and Outlook 2000
  • vCard Overview -- You can save Outlook contacts as vCard files to share with other people.
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    Other
  • To combine duplicate contact items
  • To link an Outlook item to a contact
  • To log a phone call to an Outlook contact
  • To search for an e-mail address in Contacts in Outlook 2000 (Outlook 2000 VBA code sample)
  • To stamp a date on a Microsoft Outlook item (Outlook 2000 VBA code sample)
  • To change the properties of selected Outlook items (Outlook 2000 VBA code sample)
  • Problem: Opening a vCard Crashes Microsoft Outlook
  • To clear the Find a Contact list
  • To automatically set a reminder for birthdays for new contacts (Outlook 2000 VBA code sample)
  • Looking out for customers with Outlook -- how to get the most out of Outlook as a contact manager
  • What fields does Outlook search when I use the Find a Contact box on the Standard toolbar? and other questions related to contact searching.
  • Making Contact -- VBA code sample to reconnect imported journal items with related contacts listed in the Contacts box
  • Customize Outlook's Map service -- to fix the broken Display Map command in Outlook 2000 or switch Outlook 2000/2002 to a different mapping site
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    MSKB articles:

  • OL2002 How to Set the Business Address as the Mailing Address
  •  OL2002 How to Programmatically Set Journaling for All Contacts
  • OL2002 How to Reset the Nickname and Automatic Completion Cache
  • OL97: How to Look Up a Contact from an E-Mail Address  
  • OL98: (IMO) How to Automatically Add People to Contacts  
  • OL2000: (IMO) How to Automatically Add People to Contacts  
  • OL98: "Search All Text in the Contact" Does Not Find All Items in Contacts Folder  
  • OL2000: "Search All Text in the Contact" Does Not Find All Items in Contacts Folder  
  • XCLN: Adding Contacts to Secondary Contacts Folder in Outlook 2000  
  • OL2000 Unable to Make Modem Connection from Contact when You Use Phone Dialer
  • OL98 How to Display a Map for a Contact's Address
  • XCLN Nickname Does Not Resolve When You Type It in an Address Box
  • OL2000 Choose an Address Book to Download for Offline Use
  • OL2000 Activities Do Not Show Tasks That Are Created By Using a Custom Form
  • OL Local Contacts Are Displayed in the None Group When You Group by Location
  • XCLN How to Make Sure That Outlook Clients Access the Correct Global Address List If There Is More Than One Global Address List
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    The Microsoft BackOffice Resource Kit includes a PAB-GAL Synchronization Tool to update PAB entries so that they match the addresses in the Exchange Server Global Address List. Mismatched entries result in non-delivery reports to users and commonly occur when users add GAL recipients to their PAB and the GAL recipient later gets a new mailbox. 
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    More Information
  • Business Contact Manager FAQ
  • Contacts Tools
  • Contact Management Tools
  • About Microsoft Address Books

  • Welcome ECCO Refugee -- Resources for people switching from ECCO to Outlook as their contact manager.

    • Updated Dec 14 2009
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