Removing and archiving old contacts.

[helpsrunner]

I am using Outlook 2003. I teach college classes and I want to remove class
members contact information from my contacts list. I have them assigned to
"categories" and hope there is a way to use the categories to identify the
former students by category, remove them from the active contacts list and
archive them so I can recall them. Sometimes I am asked by students for job
references and the information in the Contacts record would be a great help.

Over the past six years the many students in my contaxts list has swelled
the list to quite a large listing. Anyone with clues how this can be done
readily will be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

 

[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

Only you can decide what you need. State why archiving or Categories do not
fit your needs. What else is it you need that you cannot do with those
options?

 

[Diane Poremsky [MVP]]

I would create a new contacts folder and call it former students. Then use
the by category view on the contacts folder and drag the old students to the
'former students' folder.

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]



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