2003 - "regular" Contacts vs. Business Contacts and question

[Scott]

Hello,

I recently bought Office 2003. I have 6000 contacts in my regular contact folder, but I am wondering if I lose anything to make them ALL business contacts? I use Anagram to quickly add new contacts, but the default folder is the normal "contacts" folder, so I know I would need to add a step every time.

Is the main advantage of business contacts that you can track e-mails and log other events? Can you retroactively add old emails to new business contacts? What would be a **disadvantage** of using business contacts as your default contact directory vs. just "contacts?" Will it cause issues with syncing with other devices?

THANKS!!!

 

[Patricia Cardoza - [Outlook MVP]]

If you have a PDA, most synchronization software won't allow you to sync
your Business Contacts with the PDA.

If you make current contacts into Business Contacts later, you can go back
and "crawl" the email folders to associate existing emails with the newly
added business Contacts. It's under the Business Tools menu.

There are a couple of disadvantages to only storing contacts in the Business
Contacts folder.

1. No picture capability
2. No distribution list capability
3. No PDA synchronization

Hope this helps.

--
Patricia Cardoza
Outlook MVP
www.cardozasolutions.com
Author - Special Edition Using Microsoft Office Outlook 2003

Hello,

I recently bought Office 2003. I have 6000 contacts in my regular contact

folder, but I am wondering if I lose anything to make them ALL business
contacts? I use Anagram to quickly add new contacts, but the default
folder is the normal "contacts" folder, so I know I would need to add a step
every time.

Is the main advantage of business contacts that you can track e-mails and

log other events? Can you retroactively add old emails to new business
contacts? What would be a **disadvantage** of using business contacts as
your default contact directory vs. just "contacts?" Will it cause issues
with syncing with other devices?