Update Contacts e-mail

[Chris waller]

A colleague has asked me if it is possible to automatically update an e-mail
address for a number of contacts. At work we have a global address list which
we can copy into our contacts list but unlike a distribution list there is no
button to update the e-mail address. I would have thought something like this
would have been a necessity, but unfortunately I cannot find anything to
suggest that this can be done. As the colleague has a large number of contact
which to update I can imagine that this would be quite time consuming if he
has to manually do this, I would be grateful for any information on how he
can achieve this.

 

[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

Update what in the contact using what information?

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After furious head scratching, Chris waller asked:

| A colleague has asked me if it is possible to automatically update an
| e-mail address for a number of contacts. At work we have a global
| address list which we can copy into our contacts list but unlike a
| distribution list there is no button to update the e-mail address. I
| would have thought something like this would have been a necessity,
| but unfortunately I cannot find anything to suggest that this can be
| done. As the colleague has a large number of contact which to update
| I can imagine that this would be quite time consuming if he has to
| manually do this, I would be grateful for any information on how he
| can achieve this.

 

[John Blessing]

A colleague has asked me if it is possible to automatically update an
e-mail address for a number of contacts. At work we have a global
address list which we can copy into our contacts list but unlike a
distribution list there is no button to update the e-mail address. I
would have thought something like this would have been a necessity,
but unfortunately I cannot find anything to suggest that this can be
done. As the colleague has a large number of contact which to update
I can imagine that this would be quite time consuming if he has to
manually do this, I would be grateful for any information on how he
can achieve this.

You could try our find and Replace utility for Outlook:

http://www.lbetoolbox.com/findreplace.htm


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[Chris waller]

Milly,

I want to update some of the the email addresses in the contacts folder with
the new email address which is in the GAL. This is the only information I
want to update. You would have thought there was a way of synchronising this
data or at least updateing it. I believe if you create a distribution list in
your contacts folder and you open the distribution list there is a button
marked "Update Now" which does exactly what I want but this does not appear
when you go into each of the contacts.

Thanks

Chris Waller

 

[Chris waller]

John,

As this is a works computer I cannot download anything that might affect the
integrity of the system.

Thanks

Chris