RE: Getting Outlook 2003 to display Contacts for e-mail Addresses

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From: Kingstonsean (Kingstonsean_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 02/08/05 

Date: Tue, 8 Feb 2005 13:03:06 -0800

I also found that I had to right click on "Accounts in Business Contact
Manager" and "Business Contacts in Business Contacts Manager", go to
properties, Outlook Address Bk tab, and then un-check "Show this folder as
and email address book"

"Mary" wrote:

> Open Outlook in Folder View, right click on Contacts folder, go to
> properties, Outlook Address Bk tab and choose Use this folder as an address
> book. Choose the other settings while you're there.
>
> "Michael Leu" wrote:
>
> > I just got a new computer with Office 2003. I got Outlook to use my existing
> > .pst file. However, when I click on the "To:" field for a new message it
> > tries to use "Address Book" (which is empty) as the source for e-mail
> > addresses. That's the only choice displayed in the "Show Names from the" drop
> > down list. How do I get it to look at my Contacts and show that as the
> > default list?

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