Problem Printing out Outlook Contacts

M

mikejanj

I'm using Outlook 2007 as part of Microsoft Office Small Business. Today I
tried to print out a contact listing for the first time (installed only a
couple of months ago so I don't know if this has been a problem the whole
time or if my problem "just started") when I print out all my Contacts,
Outlook is merging the names of some of my contacts and using the address of
one of the contacts. Example: Mary Smith Mark Sutter 123 Main st. anytown
, USA 12345 prints out when in fact Mary Smith and Mark Sutter are 2 separate
contacts with 2 different addresses. It does not do this to all of the
contacts so I tried deleting the contacts effected and reinputting them but
it happens again. Also, if I try to print out a single contact, sometimes it
prints out okay and sometimes only the name will print - no address!

Does anyone have any ideas why this is happening and what I can do to
correct it? I'm just about ready to just uninstall Outlook and then
reinstall it and manually reinput all my contacts and calendar
appointments/events. I don't have a huge number of contacts input yet. Any
help would be greatly appreciated!
 
G

Gordon

mikejanj said:
I'm using Outlook 2007 as part of Microsoft Office Small Business. Today
I
tried to print out a contact listing for the first time (installed only a
couple of months ago so I don't know if this has been a problem the whole
time or if my problem "just started") when I print out all my Contacts,
Outlook is merging the names of some of my contacts and using the address
of
one of the contacts. Example: Mary Smith Mark Sutter 123 Main st.
anytown
, USA 12345 prints out when in fact Mary Smith and Mark Sutter are 2
separate
contacts with 2 different addresses. It does not do this to all of the
contacts so I tried deleting the contacts effected and reinputting them
but
it happens again. Also, if I try to print out a single contact, sometimes
it
prints out okay and sometimes only the name will print - no address!

Does anyone have any ideas why this is happening and what I can do to
correct it? I'm just about ready to just uninstall Outlook and then
reinstall it and manually reinput all my contacts and calendar
appointments/events. I don't have a huge number of contacts input yet.
Any
help would be greatly appreciated!

Two things - may I ask WHY you need to print out a contact list in the first
place, and secondly, un-installing and re-installing will a) not cure this
and b) will not affect any of your Outlook data.
 
M

mikejanj

I want to print the contacts (names, addresses, phone#s, and e-mail addresses
if they have one), in a booklet format as a directory of members for my
church.
 
M

mikejanj

I have figured out something. When printing, Outlook "merges" a contact
whose "file as name" is too long to fit on one line with the contact
immediately following it. I wanted to print two columns on each page and
assumed that it would print a 2 line "file as" name (it did this in the 2003
version). If I decrease the font or print only one column on the page and it
can all fit on only one line, it no longer "merges" with the next contact.

:.
 
G

Gordon

mikejanj said:
I want to print the contacts (names, addresses, phone#s, and e-mail
addresses
if they have one), in a booklet format as a directory of members for my
church.

OK that's fair enough - people do ask about this when printing is not the
best option!
 

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