Can it *default* to Business Contacts?

[George]

In Outlook2003w/BCM, is it possible to set the *default* so that whenever
you click on the blue "Contacts" bar (bottom left), it goes to "Business
Contacts in Business Contact Manager" right off the bat, and *not* to plain
"Contacts" (both appear in the list at top left, under "My Contacts")?

The way it is now, you have to click the Business Contacts in Business
Contact Manager", another step each time, to get to the business contacts.

I tried to get rid of plain "Contacts" altogether so it had no choice except
to start with "Bus Contacts", but.... you can't use "Remove from My
Contacts" on plain Contacts... this option is greyed out. I really don't
need plain Contacts at all, just BCM contacts.

Thanks,
George

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

No. The Contacts navigation pane will always default to your default
Contacts folder, at least the first time you invoke it during a session.

 

[tj]

George,
You can click on Go on the tool bar and then select Accounts or Business
Contacts to go directly to those areas.

 

[George]

Thanks TJ,

Are you sure "Go" has a Business Contacts choice? All I see under go is:

Go>
Mail
Calendar
Contacts
etc.
Folder

....and there's nothing that indicates you can add or delete items from the
menu, so I wondered if you had found a way to change this around.

One thing it DOES seem to do is...if you had just used Business
Contacts...it seems to remember that and "Go" back to there. Is that what
you mean? Thanks, because that's better than two-stepping each time through
"contacts" (blue bar), then "Business Contacts".

 

[tj]

Mine does!

 

[George]

Yep, mine does too now. Last eventing, it was missing, so was the main menu
item called "Business Tools", it all reappeared upon re-boot, re-start this
morning.

Also, good news is... seems like after the first time you use Go > Business
Contacts, then each time you press the blue-bar "Contacts" it brings up
Business Contacts instead of plain contacts.

You know, overall, I'm thinking there's some work left to do on this version
1 software.