I have a MS outlook Question.

i was wondering if there is any way (in outlook XP) that i can have a few address books layed out. i want one for friends and family and one for business - clients and suppliers. can this be done?

thanks

Have you created additional address books?

Tools - Address Book - Tools - Options - Addressing - New


Is this where you are talking about? You can make different books and call them "personal" "business", etc.

this sounds like exactly what i'm after. off to give it a shot...

thank you

Hope it is what you wanted. Good luck.

it actually didn't work the way you suggested however i did work out how.

Tools - email account - directory - add new directory or address book - next (then you name it)

but now i don't know how to get the ones already in my personal list over to the business one without having to retype everything???

any help would be great

Hi artmum

I don't have the answer for you, but maybe Dashwood knows how it's done.

Just a thought though, can you copy and past the address over to the new address book?

Highlight the address and click on copy, then go to the new address book, and past it. You might have to put in the rest of the information by hand, or maybe you can copy and past that also, not sure.

Lorraine

Hey maybe I'm going about this the wrong way.

Are your address stored under your "contacts" folder?

I'm using the Folder List on the left pane, and if I click contacts it's my address book. If I rightclick "contacts" I can copy it to a new file and delete out the contacts I don't want. Would that help you?

thanks for your help.

i'm not sure i understand Dashwood. they are stored in my contacts folder but when i right click it there is no copy? i'm using MS outlook

You should. We use the same version of the program. Does this look familiar?

oops sorry... i never have that opened. i thought you meant the outlook bar.

ok i see it now but how do i paste it to the other 'business'?

thanks

If you haven't put anything in the business one yet you can delete it and then paste the copy of "contacts" as business.

woo hoo... it worked, brilliant.

thank you so much, that has made work life so much easier

I like folder view myself. So much easier to work with. Glad you got it squared!