How can I copy addresses from one contact list to another contact without
retyping all the information? Both would be in the same version of Outlook
2003, Windows XP, with all available updates.

Do you want to copy the whole contact, or just addresses from it?

To copy the whole contact, drag it from the original list to the new one,
hold down Ctrl, and then release. If you don't hold down Ctrl you'll move it
rather than copying it.

To copy just an address or other info, highlight it, press Ctrl+C (to copy),
place the curser where you want it in the new contact, then press Ctrl+V (to
paste).

HTH

Mark

"Louise" wrote in message
...
How can I copy addresses from one contact list to another contact without
retyping all the information? Both would be in the same version of
Outlook
2003, Windows XP, with all available updates.

In my Outlook Address book I have 4 different contact lists. I would like to
merge (or move) them into one book. I have read most questions and answers in
this category but can't seem to follow the directions. When it says to copy
and paste it doesn't make sense to me. If I copy a name and then open one of
the other lists nothing will paste. Can someone help me?
--
Janie


"Mark R Penn" wrote:

Do you want to copy the whole contact, or just addresses from it?

To copy the whole contact, drag it from the original list to the new one,
hold down Ctrl, and then release. If you don't hold down Ctrl you'll move it
rather than copying it.

To copy just an address or other info, highlight it, press Ctrl+C (to copy),
place the curser where you want it in the new contact, then press Ctrl+V (to
paste).

HTH

Mark

"Louise" wrote in message
...
How can I copy addresses from one contact list to another contact without
retyping all the information? Both would be in the same version of
Outlook
2003, Windows XP, with all available updates.

Stop. "Contact Lists" in the Outlook Address Book view are virtual lists
only. They do not exist and they contain no data. They are simply views of
the electronic addresses in your Contacts Folders. If you have multiple
lists in your address book view, it simply reflects the fact that the
Outlook address book view is a dysfunctional utility that has never worked
correctly and that Microsoft can't fix. Outdated references to Contact
folders are retained even when those folders no longer exist. It does not
mean you have anything to consolidate.
Do some more research. Examine your folder hierarchy in Outlook using Folder
List view (ignore the address book view and never try to manipulate data in
that view). Do you really have more than one Contacts Folder? If not, then
you have nothing to consolidate. You simply need to remove the outdated
references from your address book view. Simple to do. Can't tell you how,
since you decided not to post your Outlook version.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"Janie" wrote in message
...
In my Outlook Address book I have 4 different contact lists. I would like
to
merge (or move) them into one book. I have read most questions and answers
in
this category but can't seem to follow the directions. When it says to
copy
and paste it doesn't make sense to me. If I copy a name and then open one
of
the other lists nothing will paste. Can someone help me?
--
Janie


"Mark R Penn" wrote:

Do you want to copy the whole contact, or just addresses from it?

To copy the whole contact, drag it from the original list to the new one,
hold down Ctrl, and then release. If you don't hold down Ctrl you'll move
it
rather than copying it.

To copy just an address or other info, highlight it, press Ctrl+C (to
copy),
place the curser where you want it in the new contact, then press Ctrl+V
(to
paste).

HTH

Mark

"Louise" wrote in message
...
How can I copy addresses from one contact list to another contact
without
retyping all the information? Both would be in the same version of
Outlook
2003, Windows XP, with all available updates.

Russ Valentine,
Since you do this as a profession I'm sure you get tired of hearing from
those of us who are not intellectual giants when it comes to Outlook. That
does not mean that you need to be rude. How about suggesting an Outlook book
or reference manual that I might understand because I have only a smattering
idea of what you are talking about.
--
Janie


"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

Stop. "Contact Lists" in the Outlook Address Book view are virtual lists
only. They do not exist and they contain no data. They are simply views of
the electronic addresses in your Contacts Folders. If you have multiple
lists in your address book view, it simply reflects the fact that the
Outlook address book view is a dysfunctional utility that has never worked
correctly and that Microsoft can't fix. Outdated references to Contact
folders are retained even when those folders no longer exist. It does not
mean you have anything to consolidate.
Do some more research. Examine your folder hierarchy in Outlook using Folder
List view (ignore the address book view and never try to manipulate data in
that view). Do you really have more than one Contacts Folder? If not, then
you have nothing to consolidate. You simply need to remove the outdated
references from your address book view. Simple to do. Can't tell you how,
since you decided not to post your Outlook version.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"Janie" wrote in message
...
In my Outlook Address book I have 4 different contact lists. I would like
to
merge (or move) them into one book. I have read most questions and answers
in
this category but can't seem to follow the directions. When it says to
copy
and paste it doesn't make sense to me. If I copy a name and then open one
of
the other lists nothing will paste. Can someone help me?
--
Janie


"Mark R Penn" wrote:

Do you want to copy the whole contact, or just addresses from it?

To copy the whole contact, drag it from the original list to the new one,
hold down Ctrl, and then release. If you don't hold down Ctrl you'll move
it
rather than copying it.

To copy just an address or other info, highlight it, press Ctrl+C (to
copy),
place the curser where you want it in the new contact, then press Ctrl+V
(to
paste).

HTH

Mark

"Louise" wrote in message
...
How can I copy addresses from one contact list to another contact
without
retyping all the information? Both would be in the same version of
Outlook
2003, Windows XP, with all available updates.

No, none of the people who post here do this as a profession. We are all
volunteers who value our time and wish that people who post here realize
that we are not looking over your shoulder when you post a problem. We are
neither mindreaders or owners of a crystal ball. Using unclear terms does
nothing to help us help you.

Each of us (MVPs) have a limited amount of time to post here as we have real
lives away from computers (most of us). Asking people to post clear
descriptions of issues using Outlook terms is not asking too much.

Eventually, we just skip posts that make no sense. Then no one wins.

By the way, what have you brought to this discussion?

--
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact.
ALWAYS post your Outlook version.
How to ask a question: http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375


After furious head scratching, Janie asked:

| Russ Valentine,
| Since you do this as a profession I'm sure you get tired of hearing
| from those of us who are not intellectual giants when it comes to
| Outlook. That does not mean that you need to be rude. How about
| suggesting an Outlook book or reference manual that I might
| understand because I have only a smattering idea of what you are
| talking about.
|
|| Stop. "Contact Lists" in the Outlook Address Book view are virtual
|| lists only. They do not exist and they contain no data. They are
|| simply views of the electronic addresses in your Contacts Folders.
|| If you have multiple lists in your address book view, it simply
|| reflects the fact that the Outlook address book view is a
|| dysfunctional utility that has never worked correctly and that
|| Microsoft can't fix. Outdated references to Contact folders are
|| retained even when those folders no longer exist. It does not mean
|| you have anything to consolidate.
|| Do some more research. Examine your folder hierarchy in Outlook
|| using Folder List view (ignore the address book view and never try
|| to manipulate data in that view). Do you really have more than one
|| Contacts Folder? If not, then you have nothing to consolidate. You
|| simply need to remove the outdated references from your address book
|| view. Simple to do. Can't tell you how, since you decided not to
|| post your Outlook version. --
|| Russ Valentine
|| [MVP-Outlook]
|| "Janie" wrote in message
|| ...
||| In my Outlook Address book I have 4 different contact lists. I
||| would like to
||| merge (or move) them into one book. I have read most questions and
||| answers in
||| this category but can't seem to follow the directions. When it
||| says to copy
||| and paste it doesn't make sense to me. If I copy a name and then
||| open one of
||| the other lists nothing will paste. Can someone help me?
||| --
||| Janie
|||
|||
||| "Mark R Penn" wrote:
|||
|||| Do you want to copy the whole contact, or just addresses from it?
||||
|||| To copy the whole contact, drag it from the original list to the
|||| new one, hold down Ctrl, and then release. If you don't hold down
|||| Ctrl you'll move it
|||| rather than copying it.
||||
|||| To copy just an address or other info, highlight it, press Ctrl+C
|||| (to copy),
|||| place the curser where you want it in the new contact, then press
|||| Ctrl+V (to
|||| paste).
||||
|||| HTH
||||
|||| Mark
||||
|||| "Louise" wrote in message
|||| ...
||||| How can I copy addresses from one contact list to another contact
||||| without
||||| retyping all the information? Both would be in the same version
||||| of Outlook
||||| 2003, Windows XP, with all available updates.

I want to have one contact list in my address book. Instead of Collected
Contacts, Contacts & Janie's Data Base I want just one and don't care what it
says. I can clean up the duplicates later.
Are you saying that I can highlight one of the lists, like: Collected
Contacts, then hold down control and drag Collected Contacts to the word
Contacts and all the names & info. will be moved to Contacts?
--
Janie


"Janie" wrote:

In my Outlook Address book I have 4 different contact lists. I would like to
merge (or move) them into one book. I have read most questions and answers in
this category but can't seem to follow the directions. When it says to copy
and paste it doesn't make sense to me. If I copy a name and then open one of
the other lists nothing will paste. Can someone help me?
--
Janie


"Mark R Penn" wrote:

Do you want to copy the whole contact, or just addresses from it?

To copy the whole contact, drag it from the original list to the new one,
hold down Ctrl, and then release. If you don't hold down Ctrl you'll move it
rather than copying it.

To copy just an address or other info, highlight it, press Ctrl+C (to copy),
place the curser where you want it in the new contact, then press Ctrl+V (to
paste).

HTH

Mark

"Louise" wrote in message
...
How can I copy addresses from one contact list to another contact without
retyping all the information? Both would be in the same version of
Outlook
2003, Windows XP, with all available updates.

Not at all. For goodness sake, read what I posted. Reply with what you don't
understand and explain what is unclear to you. My post was very detailed and
clear. It bears no resemblance to your reply.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"Janie" wrote in message
...
I want to have one contact list in my address book. Instead of Collected
Contacts, Contacts & Janie's Data Base I want just one and don't care what
it
says. I can clean up the duplicates later.
Are you saying that I can highlight one of the lists, like: Collected
Contacts, then hold down control and drag Collected Contacts to the word
Contacts and all the names & info. will be moved to Contacts?
--
Janie


"Janie" wrote:

In my Outlook Address book I have 4 different contact lists. I would
like to
merge (or move) them into one book. I have read most questions and
answers in
this category but can't seem to follow the directions. When it says to
copy
and paste it doesn't make sense to me. If I copy a name and then open
one of
the other lists nothing will paste. Can someone help me?
--
Janie


"Mark R Penn" wrote:

Do you want to copy the whole contact, or just addresses from it?

To copy the whole contact, drag it from the original list to the new
one,
hold down Ctrl, and then release. If you don't hold down Ctrl you'll
move it
rather than copying it.

To copy just an address or other info, highlight it, press Ctrl+C (to
copy),
place the curser where you want it in the new contact, then press
Ctrl+V (to
paste).

HTH

Mark

"Louise" wrote in message
...
How can I copy addresses from one contact list to another contact
without
retyping all the information? Both would be in the same version of
Outlook
2003, Windows XP, with all available updates.