KCav wrote:

I am trying to put a contact’s name and email address onto a new email
message.

I open Outlook 2003 (11.8118.8132) running under Windows XP (5.1.2600
Service Pack 2, Build 2600.). I click on File, New, E-mail Message
and an untitled message opened. I click on the To: field, instead of
viewing a list of contacts I am told the address book can not be
opened.

Do you have contacts in your Contacts folder? That's where they belong. If
so, and your Contacts folder doesn't show in the Address Book interface, you
haven't properly configured the Address Book service. See this:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/287563/en-us

I looked for the Contacts file in directory C:\Documents &
Settings\Kenneth Cavanaugh\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft
\Outlook. I found Contacts.pst, 265KB, type, Office Data.

Outlook doesn't keep its contacts in a separate file. It keeps them in the
same file in which it keeps your calendar, mail, tasks, notes, and other
data.

I tried to Import the file into Outlook.

No need to import if you have a PST. Simply open the PST with
FIleOpenOutlook Data File.
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Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]