Merge Contact Foldersi/ Multiple pst files Outlook 2003

[Tom]

During the very fustrating process of moving from Beta Office/Outlook 2003 Beta2 to Office Professional 2003 I now have 8 various contact folders (as well as 6 pst folders!). I would simply like to merge all the contact folders into ONE folder (not subfolder). Is this possible? My main computer is HP Desktop Windows XP Professional.

Attempting to be a "good Microsoft customer" I purchased Office 2003 Professional in late Oct 2003 (along with a new laptop computer "built to order" with Windows XP. Unfortunately, The laptop arrived with Office XP. After 3 weeks of calls to Canada and India...my local Staples gave me a Retail copy of Office 2003!

Any suggestions to merge all these folders/files??? I am a simple home user / 2 computers / 2 people.....thanks so much!

 

[Jocelyn Fiorello [MVP - Outlook]]

First, make sure all the .PST files containing data you want to merge are
open in the Folder List -- use File | Open to open any that aren't. Next,
switch one of the excess Contacts folders to the By Category view (which is
an unfiltered table view), select all items using CTRL+A, and drag them to
the Contacts folder you want to keep. If you want to copy the items rather
than move them, use a right-click and drag instead of a left-click. When
you're done with the extra .PST files, right-click their root folders and
click Close.

Note that the above procedure may produce duplicates -- if so, you can find
duplicate checker/removal tools at
http://www.slipstick.com/addins/contacts.htm#dupes.

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Jocelyn Fiorello
MVP - Outlook

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