Is Outlook 2003 losing some of my Contacts?

[Guest]

In Outlook 2003, at the very lower left hand corner of
the Contacts screen, I see "2778 Items," which I assume
means that I have 2778 Contacts. I have noticed that
although on an average day I add about five contacts, and
rarely delete any, that number is DECREASING over time
when it should be INCREASING. For instance, yesterday,
it showed "2790 Items". Since yesterday, I have added
about twenty Contacts, but now it reads "2778 items."

When I look at the list of Contacts, and sort
by "Modifed" or "Created" everything appears OK. I don't
appear to missing a single days worth of entries, for
instance. I am concerned, of course, that Outlook is
losing some entries, and that I am not noticing them
because of what seems to me at least to be a reasonably
high number of Contacts, approaching 3000.

Am I misinterpreting "2778 items"? Please advise.

 

[Diane Poremsky [MVP]]

are you using exchange server and if so, which version and are you using
cached mode?

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[Judy]

Also, make certain that your 'View' is set to view all of your contacts and that you don't have any specific criteria listed for your 'View' option. Go to View/Arrange by/Current View/Customize and click on 'Filter' and 'clear all'/okay and see if it helps.

Judy

are you using exchange server and if so, which version and are you using
cached mode?

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Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours
Coauthor, OneNote 2003 for Windows (Visual QuickStart Guide)
Author, Google and Other Search Engines (Visual QuickStart Guide)



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In Outlook 2003, at the very lower left hand corner of
the Contacts screen, I see "2778 Items," which I assume
means that I have 2778 Contacts. I have noticed that
although on an average day I add about five contacts, and
rarely delete any, that number is DECREASING over time
when it should be INCREASING. For instance, yesterday,
it showed "2790 Items". Since yesterday, I have added
about twenty Contacts, but now it reads "2778 items."

When I look at the list of Contacts, and sort
by "Modifed" or "Created" everything appears OK. I don't
appear to missing a single days worth of entries, for
instance. I am concerned, of course, that Outlook is
losing some entries, and that I am not noticing them
because of what seems to me at least to be a reasonably
high number of Contacts, approaching 3000.

Am I misinterpreting "2778 items"? Please advise.