Re: Add a contact folder to e-mail Address Book

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From: Brian Tillman (tillman1952_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 12/01/04 

Date: Wed, 1 Dec 2004 11:29:07 -0500

Fred G <Fred G@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

> I have a problem trying to assign various contact folders so that I
> can view them as an e-mail address book.
>
> The problem is that when I click on the Outlook Address Book Tab,
> everything is grey. I have administrator privileges on the computer
> and am actually the only user of the computer. The file was saved on
> another computer and transferred to my new one.

Sounds like you have to add the Outlook Address Book service to your
profile. However, since you neglected to state your Outlook version,
exactly how that's done is left as an exercise for your homework. 

-- 
Brian Tillman

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