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John L
Outlook 2003 - Latest update installed
Contacts
oes the Outlook Database have a limited size??
I have aboout 5,000 contacts in an Excel 2003 Spreadsheet
I am trying to import them all into Outlook - I cannot get them all in
I have tried:
Importing the whole database into One Contacts Folder
Splitting the Database into two and importing them separately one
and/ortwo/three separate Contacts directories, with the intention of perhaps
dragging all contacts into the one Directory later
Reduced the field mapping to the absolute minumum.
Sorted the Excel database by various fields and tried importing again and
again to try and get more + more data in
At the moment, by splitting the database into roughly two thirds, I have
managed to import about 3,500 contacts, but no matter how I try to import the
remaining 1,500 (trying viurtually every permutation/combination of all the
above methods) Outloook will not take another single NEW entry.
I have managed to make 4 Contacts sub-directories in Outlook, all containig
the 3,500 imported entries, so it seems clear that Outlook can hold 4 times
3,500 contacts (ie 14,000) but they are all the same 3,500!
I have looked again + again at the 1,500 Excel data that does not import to
see if there is any obvious reason why it does not copy across, but it is all
identical in format to that aready there - the only reason seems to be is
that Outlook is "full"
I could probably go through the 5,000 database and categorise 1,500 or so as
"Not required" and only import the essential ones, but that would cause a
nightmare adding in new Contacts from tomorrow and it will be inevitable that
I'll require a "Not Required" information at some point!!!
Ultimately, I need the 5,000 Contacts synchronised to my mobile/pda, so do
not want too complicated, non-user-friendly solution
I have Business Contact Manager as part of Outlook, but not even looked at
that yet - is there a solution using that and/or a (workable) combination
with Outlook?
Do I bin Outlook altogether and use Organiser/ACT or something else? -
bearing in mind I also want to e-mail merge and have an easy system of
grabbing new e-mail addresses with each e-mail to keep my database updated.
Any ideas/solutions would be most appreciated
Contacts
oes the Outlook Database have a limited size??I have aboout 5,000 contacts in an Excel 2003 Spreadsheet
I am trying to import them all into Outlook - I cannot get them all in
I have tried:
Importing the whole database into One Contacts Folder
Splitting the Database into two and importing them separately one
and/ortwo/three separate Contacts directories, with the intention of perhaps
dragging all contacts into the one Directory later
Reduced the field mapping to the absolute minumum.
Sorted the Excel database by various fields and tried importing again and
again to try and get more + more data in
At the moment, by splitting the database into roughly two thirds, I have
managed to import about 3,500 contacts, but no matter how I try to import the
remaining 1,500 (trying viurtually every permutation/combination of all the
above methods) Outloook will not take another single NEW entry.
I have managed to make 4 Contacts sub-directories in Outlook, all containig
the 3,500 imported entries, so it seems clear that Outlook can hold 4 times
3,500 contacts (ie 14,000) but they are all the same 3,500!
I have looked again + again at the 1,500 Excel data that does not import to
see if there is any obvious reason why it does not copy across, but it is all
identical in format to that aready there - the only reason seems to be is
that Outlook is "full"
I could probably go through the 5,000 database and categorise 1,500 or so as
"Not required" and only import the essential ones, but that would cause a
nightmare adding in new Contacts from tomorrow and it will be inevitable that
I'll require a "Not Required" information at some point!!!
Ultimately, I need the 5,000 Contacts synchronised to my mobile/pda, so do
not want too complicated, non-user-friendly solution
I have Business Contact Manager as part of Outlook, but not even looked at
that yet - is there a solution using that and/or a (workable) combination
with Outlook?
Do I bin Outlook altogether and use Organiser/ACT or something else? -
bearing in mind I also want to e-mail merge and have an easy system of
grabbing new e-mail addresses with each e-mail to keep my database updated.
Any ideas/solutions would be most appreciated