Duplicate Contact in BCM

[Jeff]

Hi,

I know I am asking a question that has been asked before; but, I find it
hard to believe that there isn't a way to duplicate a contact in Business
Contact Manager (Outlook 2007).

I found some helpful information on this forum for adding a "Save and New
Feature in Company"; however, that solution brings up a new contact for
Outlook, not Business Contact Manager.

I became even more frustrated when I followed the tutorial which basically
instructed me to highlight the business card I wish to duplicate, then press
ctrl-c, and then ctrl-d. Hey... guess what. That action deleted the original
contact. That was a great surprise!

This is really a basic feature that I am having trouble believing doesn't
exist somewhere in BCM. If it's not part of the program.... it should be.

What am I missing?

Jeff

 

[Naomi]

Whoever said Ctrl+D is sick in the head... it's Ctrl+V, PASTE. That should
work for you.

So Ctrl+C which is COPY, then Ctrl+V which is PASTE.

 

[Jeff]

Hi Naomi,

Thanks for your reply.

I just attempted what you had recommended; but, I received an error message
that stated the following: "The folders you are trying to change do not
support this operation. Could not complete the operation because the service
provider does not support it."

Something to do specifically with Business Contact Manager?

(If I can find the tutorial again, I will listen more closely. I was pretty
certain that it said ctrl-d; but, I'm not perfect.)

Thanks again for your reply.

Jeff

 

[Naomi]

It seems you may be trying to copy an entire folder and not the individual
contacts, which BCM will not allow. If you go to the folder with the
contact(s) you want to copy, select which ones you want individually, then
copy and paste into the folder you want to copy them into ( it may be the
same folder ), that should work.

 

[Buck]

Are you trying to make a copy of a BCM contact appear also in BCM, such as
"here is contactA, copy it and now I have contactA AND contactA2 both in BCM"?

I'm having trouble understanding or comprehending the fact that if I choose
to use BCM, I have to copy all of my Outlook contacts into BCM, and now I
have 2 separate and distinct sets of contacts and they have virtually nothing
to do with each other.

Am I nuts or does this sound utterly stupid?