I've always used Outlook express and could separate contacts into different
folders making it easier to find different contacts, ie personal, business,
friends, etc, but now that I have changed to windows 7 and I am using
outlook 2007 and for the life of me I cant figure out how to separate
contacts so I don't have to go thru every contact to find what I need. Can
someone give me an idea on how to manage this?

Jim S

File New Folder
Rarely is creating separate Contacts Folders a preferred way to organize
Contacts. Categories work better.
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Russ Valentine
"Big Jim" wrote in message
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I've always used Outlook express and could separate contacts into
different folders making it easier to find different contacts, ie
personal, business, friends, etc, but now that I have changed to windows
7 and I am using outlook 2007 and for the life of me I cant figure out how
to separate contacts so I don't have to go thru every contact to find what
I need. Can someone give me an idea on how to manage this?

Jim S

Categories would work if I understand what that means but how do I set that
up?
Jim S

"Russ Valentine" wrote in message
...
File New Folder
Rarely is creating separate Contacts Folders a preferred way to organize
Contacts. Categories work better.
--
Russ Valentine
"Big Jim" wrote in message
...
I've always used Outlook express and could separate contacts into
different folders making it easier to find different contacts, ie
personal, business, friends, etc, but now that I have changed to windows
7 and I am using outlook 2007 and for the life of me I cant figure out
how to separate contacts so I don't have to go thru every contact to find
what I need. Can someone give me an idea on how to manage this?

Jim S

On 14/03/2010 16:44, Big Jim wrote:
Categories would work if I understand what that means but how do I set
that up?

Basically categories are Distribution Lists in reverse - instead of
adding a contact to a Distribution List you add a Category to a Contact.
One contact can have multiple Categories.

Open a Contact and click on the Categorize button. You can use one of
the default categories, or create your own.

I tried to categorize a couple of contacts but I still have to go thru the
entire list to find their names. I want to be able to go to a category and
find a contact quicker then have to go thru the entire list.

Jim S

"Gordon" wrote in message
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On 14/03/2010 16:44, Big Jim wrote:
Categories would work if I understand what that means but how do I set
that up?

Basically categories are Distribution Lists in reverse - instead of adding
a contact to a Distribution List you add a Category to a Contact. One
contact can have multiple Categories.

Open a Contact and click on the Categorize button. You can use one of the
default categories, or create your own.

On 14/03/2010 17:32, Big Jim wrote:
I tried to categorize a couple of contacts but I still have to go thru
the entire list to find their names. I want to be able to go to a
category and find a contact quicker then have to go thru the entire list.


Then view your Contacts by Category, not by name...

Read this discussion to help you decide the best way for you to organize
your Contacts:
http://www.slipstick.com/contacts/oloabcat.htm

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Russ Valentine
"Big Jim" wrote in message
...
Categories would work if I understand what that means but how do I set
that up?
Jim S

"Russ Valentine" wrote in message
...
File New Folder
Rarely is creating separate Contacts Folders a preferred way to organize
Contacts. Categories work better.
--
Russ Valentine
"Big Jim" wrote in message
...
I've always used Outlook express and could separate contacts into
different folders making it easier to find different contacts, ie
personal, business, friends, etc, but now that I have changed to
windows 7 and I am using outlook 2007 and for the life of me I cant
figure out how to separate contacts so I don't have to go thru every
contact to find what I need. Can someone give me an idea on how to
manage this?

Jim S