copy my contacts

[steve]

Hi, I have been using Microsoft Office Outlook 2003 via aol, and have all my
contacts on there, now i have just made a new email address using Outlook
2003, but i dont have any contacts in there, is there a way i can inport my
contact from my old email contacts, If there is, please explain to me how to
do it, but plase talk to me as if i am a 6 year old child, because I am not
to clever on tec stuff. Thank you.

 

[DL]

Have you set up the new mail account in the same Outlook instance that
contains your aol account?
ie you now have two accounts set up

 

[Diane Poremsky [MVP]]

Steve wrote on Mon, 08 December 2008 18:49

Hi, I have been using Microsoft Office Outlook 2003 via aol, and have all my
contacts on there, now i have just made a new email address using Outlook
2003, but i dont have any contacts in there, is there a way i can inport my
contact from my old email contacts, If there is, please explain to me how to
do it, but plase talk to me as if i am a 6 year old child, because I am not
to clever on tec stuff. Thank you.

The new account is in it own profile? (you need to close outlook and reopen to switch accounts.) Are the AOL contacts in the contacts folder with your mail or do you use contacts stored on the AOL server?

If they are in the Contacts folder in your AOL profile (and you are using two profiles) you can export from the AOL profile and import it into the new profile.
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[steve]

Yes DL i have set up the new one on the same outlook. can you help?

 

[steve]

No Diana, my contacts are on my old outlook account, I have just looked at
the link you kindly sent me, but it's all a bit mind blogging for me, can you
tell me in layman terms how to copy my contacts. thanks

Steve wrote on Mon, 08 December 2008 18:49

Hi, I have been using Microsoft Office Outlook 2003 via aol, and have all my
contacts on there, now i have just made a new email address using Outlook
2003, but i dont have any contacts in there, is there a way i can inport my
contact from my old email contacts, If there is, please explain to me how to
do it, but plase talk to me as if i am a 6 year old child, because I am not
to clever on tec stuff. Thank you.

The new account is in it own profile? (you need to close outlook and reopen to switch accounts.) Are the AOL contacts in the contacts folder with your mail or do you use contacts stored on the AOL server?

If they are in the Contacts folder in your AOL profile (and you are using two profiles) you can export from the AOL profile and import it into the new profile.
--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]



Outlook Tips by email:
mailto:[email protected]

EMO - a weekly newsletter about Outlook and Exchange:
mailto:[email protected]

 

[DL]

If the two accounts are in the same Outlook instance then your Contacts are
all there
How exactly are you accessing the Contacts?

 

[Brian Tillman [MVP - Outlook]]

No Diana, my contacts are on my old outlook account, I have just looked at
the link you kindly sent me, but it's all a bit mind blogging for me, can
you
tell me in layman terms how to copy my contacts. thanks

Describe exactly how you "made a new email account" in Outlook because your
Contacts should be constant no matter you many accounts you create. They're
in your Contacts folder.

 

[steve]

Hi Brian, I made the my new "OutLook" email by going into Start>ControlPanel>
Mail>and then Add

 

[Gordon]

Hi Brian, I made the my new "OutLook" email by going into
Start>ControlPanel>
Mail>and then Add

So that's a new Outlook Profile - NOT a new mail account.
Different Outlook Profiles use separate pst files. Is that what you wanted
to do, or did you just want to add a new email account to your existing
profile?