how to get address book to contacts

[Ann]

I have Outlook 2002 and several listings in my address book but none are in my contacts. I did a search and I don't have a .pab file for personal address book to import into contacts.

 

[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

What you describe is not possible. Outlook has no address book. The Outlook
Address Book only displays the contents of your Contacts Folder(s).
Provide more detail about what you are seeing and what you mean by "address
book." Look more closely. I suspect you have at least one Contacts Folder
somewhere that contains some Contacts.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

I have Outlook 2002 and several listings in my address book but none are

in my contacts. I did a search and I don't have a .pab file for personal
address book to import into contacts.

 

[Ann]

When I go to my contacts there is only 1 listing there and it is from a guy that sent a vcard. I have over 1000 in my regular address book but no contacts corresponding??? to hot sync my pda it goes only to contacts. Maybe I need to manually enter them or can I export my address book and re-import?

 

[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

Please reread my post and answer the questions. I cannot help you without
the information.
Define precisely what you mean by "regular address book." In Outlook, the
address book cannot contain information that does not reside in a Contacts
Folder.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

When I go to my contacts there is only 1 listing there and it is from a

guy that sent a vcard. I have over 1000 in my regular address book but no
contacts corresponding??? to hot sync my pda it goes only to contacts.
Maybe I need to manually enter them or can I export my address book and
re-import?

 

[Ann]

Maybe I'm not explaining it correctly... My folder called "Contacts" has one listing in it. My address book which is also called "Contacts" (I have all my customers info etc saved in there) When I go to send a message it pulls up "Address Book" and then under Show Names from the: it is called Contacts and there's a ton of stuff in there but for some reason it doesn't show up in actual Contacts which is where I want/need it to be.

 

[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

I don't know how else to explain it.
Your Outlook Address Book does not and cannot contain any information. It
can only display information that is in a Contacts Folder.
Therefore, somewhere in your Outlook Profile you must have a Contacts Folder
that the Outlook Address Book is displaying when you see all that
information.
You also, obviously have another, nearly empty Contacts Folder with that one
Contact.
Only you can sort this out. That's why I asked you to examine your Profile
closely to see how many Contacts Folders you have. You must have more than
one. Use View > Folder List and expand all Folders to see all the Folders
your Profile contains.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

Maybe I'm not explaining it correctly... My folder called "Contacts" has

one listing in it. My address book which is also called "Contacts" (I have
all my customers info etc saved in there) When I go to send a message it
pulls up "Address Book" and then under Show Names from the: it is called
Contacts and there's a ton of stuff in there but for some reason it doesn't
show up in actual Contacts which is where I want/need it to be.

 

[Glenn]

I have a similar situation. I have, on numerous occasions, entered into my contacts, a new contact. Upon "save and exit" the contact vanishes. If I select find from the toolbar, and type in the persons name, tada, there it is. I can open it and everything. Again, I save and exit, close the find bar, and look for the person in my contacts folder and they are not there. It has also happened that the missing "contact" is in the OAB however does not display in the "Contacts" folder. I have one contacts folder listed in my Personal Folders list. Why does Outlook have to have an OAB and a Contacts folder? Why can they not just have one? I have my contacts chosen as an address book. How do I get the people in the OAB to display in the contacts folder and how do I get the people that are out there somewhere, not displaying in either, to show up in the contacts folder

Glen

----- Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] wrote: ----

I don't know how else to explain it
Your Outlook Address Book does not and cannot contain any information. I
can only display information that is in a Contacts Folder
Therefore, somewhere in your Outlook Profile you must have a Contacts Folde
that the Outlook Address Book is displaying when you see all tha
information
You also, obviously have another, nearly empty Contacts Folder with that on
Contact
Only you can sort this out. That's why I asked you to examine your Profil
closely to see how many Contacts Folders you have. You must have more tha
one. Use View > Folder List and expand all Folders to see all the Folder
your Profile contains
--
Russ Valentin
[MVP-Outlook

Maybe I'm not explaining it correctly... My folder called "Contacts" ha

one listing in it. My address book which is also called "Contacts" (I hav
all my customers info etc saved in there) When I go to send a message i
pulls up "Address Book" and then under Show Names from the: it is calle
Contacts and there's a ton of stuff in there but for some reason it doesn'
show up in actual Contacts which is where I want/need it to be

 

[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

You've left something out. You must have more than one Contacts Folder to
see what you're seeing. Look again.

--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

I have a similar situation. I have, on numerous occasions, entered into

my contacts, a new contact. Upon "save and exit" the contact vanishes. If
I select find from the toolbar, and type in the persons name, tada, there it
is. I can open it and everything. Again, I save and exit, close the find
bar, and look for the person in my contacts folder and they are not there.
It has also happened that the missing "contact" is in the OAB however does
not display in the "Contacts" folder. I have one contacts folder listed in
my Personal Folders list. Why does Outlook have to have an OAB and a
Contacts folder? Why can they not just have one? I have my contacts chosen
as an address book. How do I get the people in the OAB to display in the
contacts folder and how do I get the people that are out there somewhere,
not displaying in either, to show up in the contacts folder?

Glenn

----- Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] wrote: -----

I don't know how else to explain it.
Your Outlook Address Book does not and cannot contain any information. It
can only display information that is in a Contacts Folder.
Therefore, somewhere in your Outlook Profile you must have a Contacts Folder
that the Outlook Address Book is displaying when you see all that
information.
You also, obviously have another, nearly empty Contacts Folder with that one
Contact.
Only you can sort this out. That's why I asked you to examine your Profile
closely to see how many Contacts Folders you have. You must have more than
one. Use View > Folder List and expand all Folders to see all the Folders
your Profile contains.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

Maybe I'm not explaining it correctly... My folder called

"Contacts" has
one listing in it. My address book which is also called "Contacts" (I have
all my customers info etc saved in there) When I go to send a message it
pulls up "Address Book" and then under Show Names from the: it is called
Contacts and there's a ton of stuff in there but for some reason it doesn't
show up in actual Contacts which is where I want/need it to be.