Your description is very vague and doesn't even sound like Outlook.
Clarify it. Specify your Outlook version.
The address book is not intended as the interface for starting new messages.
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Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"Scawsby" wrote in message
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-I open my address book. I hi-light a name and click on "Send email to."
The name appears in the "TO" line of the email. Fine. But starting a
couple
of days ago, when I tried to go back to the address book to copy the email
to
other people, I was barred from clicking on the address book.

I must have done something to cause this but how do I undo it?