Categories

[CRyall]

I have set up multiple categories for my contacts. Clients, Friends, Family,
etc. Some individuals fall into several categories, which s to be expected,
but now when I look at my list of categories, it is showing every possible
combination used as a separate category in the lsit.
Friend
Friend, family
Friend, customer
family, caustomer, etc.etc.
I must have several hundred combinations listed which is a pain to look
through when you want to assign a category to a new contact.
How do i get it to just show each individual category without all of the
combinatsion?
Thanks!

 

[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

Unclear post. To what view are you referring? In what version of Outlook?

 

[Diane Poremsky]

which version of outlook?

what you're seeing is not expected behavior.

 

[Judy Gleeson \(MVP Outlook\)]

What type of PDA/Mobile phone device did you synchronise with that screwed
it up like that? I have seen posts like this before and there was always a
PDA involved.


Judy Gleeson
MVP Outlook
Outlook trainer and author of Productiv_IT with Outlook

read my articles here: www.judygleeson.com
www.acorntraining.com.au
Canberra, Australia

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[CRyall]

I have just upgraded to Outlook 2007 - hoping that would solve this issue
among others but it didn't. I had the same problem in Outlook 2003 before I
upgraded. I had used categories for contacts and color coded my appointments
using auto format.

In the new program when I go to categroize a contact I click on the little 4
color box hit all and I get 200 various combinations of my categories.


--
C RYall

Unclear post. To what view are you referring? In what version of Outlook?
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

I have set up multiple categories for my contacts. Clients, Friends,
Family,
etc. Some individuals fall into several categories, which s to be
expected,
but now when I look at my list of categories, it is showing every possible
combination used as a separate category in the lsit.
Friend
Friend, family
Friend, customer
family, caustomer, etc.etc.
I must have several hundred combinations listed which is a pain to look
through when you want to assign a category to a new contact.
How do i get it to just show each individual category without all of the
combinatsion?
Thanks!

 

[CRyall]

I have just upgraded to Outlook 2007 - hoping that would solve this issue
among others but it didn't. I had the same problem in Outlook 2003 before I
upgraded. I had used categories for contacts and color coded my appointments
using auto format.

In the new program when I go to categroize a contact I click on the little 4
color box, hit all, and I get 200 various combinations of my categories.

I do synchronize with my Sprint Blackberry but I had been doing that for
well over a year with no problem until about two months ago. IF that is the
problem how do I correct it? I don't want to give up categories or the
Blackberry!
Thanks!

 

[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

Upgrading to fix a problem like this never works. It does, however, make the
problem irreproducible for anyone else and essentially unsolvable.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

I have just upgraded to Outlook 2007 - hoping that would solve this issue
among others but it didn't. I had the same problem in Outlook 2003 before
I
upgraded. I had used categories for contacts and color coded my
appointments
using auto format.

In the new program when I go to categroize a contact I click on the little
4
color box hit all and I get 200 various combinations of my categories.


--
C RYall

Unclear post. To what view are you referring? In what version of Outlook?
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

I have set up multiple categories for my contacts. Clients, Friends,
Family,
etc. Some individuals fall into several categories, which s to be
expected,
but now when I look at my list of categories, it is showing every
possible
combination used as a separate category in the lsit.
Friend
Friend, family
Friend, customer
family, caustomer, etc.etc.
I must have several hundred combinations listed which is a pain to look
through when you want to assign a category to a new contact.
How do i get it to just show each individual category without all of
the
combinatsion?
Thanks!

 

[CRyall]

SO what should I do - go back to the old version?
--
C RYall

Upgrading to fix a problem like this never works. It does, however, make the
problem irreproducible for anyone else and essentially unsolvable.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

I have just upgraded to Outlook 2007 - hoping that would solve this issue
among others but it didn't. I had the same problem in Outlook 2003 before
I
upgraded. I had used categories for contacts and color coded my
appointments
using auto format.

In the new program when I go to categroize a contact I click on the little
4
color box hit all and I get 200 various combinations of my categories.


--
C RYall

Unclear post. To what view are you referring? In what version of Outlook?
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
I have set up multiple categories for my contacts. Clients, Friends,
Family,
etc. Some individuals fall into several categories, which s to be
expected,
but now when I look at my list of categories, it is showing every
possible
combination used as a separate category in the lsit.
Friend
Friend, family
Friend, customer
family, caustomer, etc.etc.
I must have several hundred combinations listed which is a pain to look
through when you want to assign a category to a new contact.
How do i get it to just show each individual category without all of
the
combinatsion?
Thanks!

 

[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

Uncharted territory so it's impossible to know. Clearly something had
corrupted your Master Category List in the old version. We have no idea
what. Now that you've done an in place upgrade all of your settings will be
suspect because Outlook does not tolerate in place upgrades without
thoroughly disrupting your settings. However uninstalling to try to revert
to the previous version could make things even worse.
I would create new Outlook profile from scratch and do your best to try to
remember the steps you took that corrupted your Master Category List in the
first place. Learn about your Master Category List and how to examine or
edit it here:
http://www.slipstick.com/outlook/olcat.htm
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

SO what should I do - go back to the old version?
--
C RYall

Upgrading to fix a problem like this never works. It does, however, make
the
problem irreproducible for anyone else and essentially unsolvable.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

I have just upgraded to Outlook 2007 - hoping that would solve this
issue
among others but it didn't. I had the same problem in Outlook 2003
before
I
upgraded. I had used categories for contacts and color coded my
appointments
using auto format.

In the new program when I go to categroize a contact I click on the
little
4
color box hit all and I get 200 various combinations of my categories.


--
C RYall


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Unclear post. To what view are you referring? In what version of
Outlook?
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
I have set up multiple categories for my contacts. Clients, Friends,
Family,
etc. Some individuals fall into several categories, which s to be
expected,
but now when I look at my list of categories, it is showing every
possible
combination used as a separate category in the lsit.
Friend
Friend, family
Friend, customer
family, caustomer, etc.etc.
I must have several hundred combinations listed which is a pain to
look
through when you want to assign a category to a new contact.
How do i get it to just show each individual category without all of
the
combinatsion?
Thanks!

 

[Michael Bauer [MVP - Outlook]]

I also don't know what's messed up your categories. But if you now have to
rebuild them all and re-assign all of the items then the Category Manager
would be very helpful for you (please see my signature). It also allows to
export the master category list from OL 07, so you can backup it separatedly
from your PST file.

--
Viele Gruesse / Best regards
Michael Bauer - MVP Outlook
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Am Wed, 18 Jul 2007 09:46:04 -0700 schrieb CRyall: