Russ,
You're speaking a language I am not familiar with. I don't see a Contacts
Folder. In Outlook, I see something labeled Contacts with an icon that looks
like a vcard. This icon is listed under my Personal Folder. I have a pst
file that has all my work contacts. I have no idea what a context menu is.
Can you provide a very simple answer for me? I have not created any special
folders for Outlook so whatever is created when Outlook is installed is what
I have. Please note that the Outlook on my work laptop is via Exchange
whereas the Outlook on my home computer is using imapi to Time Warner Road
Runner email.

"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

I gave it to you already. You do not enable an entire PST file. I said
folder. You enable the Contacts Folder. Use the context menu to expose a
folder's properties.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"Shoe" wrote in message
...
Great, I have a file called Work Contacts.pst on my computer. When I
right
click on that file, there is no option to call it an email address book in
its properties. When I navigate to that file and do a right click, there
are
two tabs, a general and summary, neither which offer the option of calling
this an address book. How about an exact, sequence by sequence answer?

"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

You had many points, most of them unclear.
You can show any folder you want in the address book view by simply
enabling that folder as an email address book in its properties.

--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"Shoe" wrote in message
...
Russ,
I appreciate your assistance, but you are missing the point or I am
missing
the point. What I want is to click on the address book icon and have
two
files listed - Contacts and Work Contacts. How do I make this happen.
Just
opening the pst file doesn't make it and if I am supposed to at that
point
copy all 1200 contacts, where do I copy them? How do I accomplish what
I
stated in my second sentence above?

"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

You should never use "import" to transfer Outlook data. Your Outlook
data
already exists in an Outlook data file. You simply open that file in
Outlook
and copy what you want from it. If you want to place these Contacts in
a
separate folder, then by all means, feel free to do so.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"Shoe" wrote in message
...
When I put them on my work laptop, there were no contacts in Outlook
so
I
could simply import them in. However, as I indicated in my original
posting,
my home Outlook already has a Contacts file and I do not want to
overwrite
it
- I want two separately identifiable Contacts files. When I did
this
on
the
work laptop, I had imported to the check box that said "Import items
into
the
same folder in ... Personal Folders" However, if I do that this
time
on
my
home pc, I believe I will just overwrite the Contacts I already have
on
the
home pc. I want to be able to flip back and forth in Outlook on my
home
pc
from my home contacts (Contacts) to work contacts (Work Contacts)
somehow.
How do I do this?

"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

If you brought them with you, why wouldn't you just use the same
method
in
reverse to take them with you? They are stored on your employers
Exchange
Server, right?
No Outlook data is ever stored in an address book. Contacts are
only
stored
in Contact Folders in an Exchange mailbox or local data file.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"Shoe" wrote in message
news They are my contacts (employers contacts were kept in CRM
system)- I
brought
them with me and I will take them with me.

"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

Have you asked your employer? Those contacts belong to your
employer.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"Shoe" wrote in message
...
I have a home system that I use Outlook on as my mail client.
I
have
approx.
30 contacts on this system. I have a work system where I have
approx.
1200
contacts. I am leaving my current employment so I want to
move
my
1200
contacts from my work Outlook to my home Outlook (so I still
have
access
to
them), but I don't want to add them to my existing Contacts
file,
nor
do
I
want the work one to replace my home one. What can I do? On
my
work
Outlook, when I click on the address book, I see a global
address
list
in
a
drop down box that when "dropped down", show Outlook Address
Book
at
the
top,
followed by Contacts (as a subheading under Outlook Address
Book),
followed
by Global Address List, etc., Can I somehow have my work
contacts
show
up
in
a list that I could then select?

Shoe wrote:

Great, I have a file called Work Contacts.pst on my computer. When I
right click on that file, there is no option to call it an email
address book in its properties. When I navigate to that file and do
a right click, there are two tabs, a general and summary, neither
which offer the option of calling this an address book. How about an
exact, sequence by sequence answer?

You can't do this from Windows Explorer. Open that PST in Outlook with
FileOpenOutlook Data File. After Outlook adds that PST to the folder
list, then if it contains a contacts folder, you'll see it and you can
right-click that folder, choose Properties, and then the Outlook Address
Book tab.
--
Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]

Again. I already told you. You are looking at the Contacts Folder when you
look at the folder called "Contacts" that is listed under your Personal
Folders File. The context menu is what you pull up with a R click.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"Shoe" wrote in message
...
Russ,
You're speaking a language I am not familiar with. I don't see a Contacts
Folder. In Outlook, I see something labeled Contacts with an icon that
looks
like a vcard. This icon is listed under my Personal Folder. I have a pst
file that has all my work contacts. I have no idea what a context menu
is.
Can you provide a very simple answer for me? I have not created any
special
folders for Outlook so whatever is created when Outlook is installed is
what
I have. Please note that the Outlook on my work laptop is via Exchange
whereas the Outlook on my home computer is using imapi to Time Warner Road
Runner email.

"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

I gave it to you already. You do not enable an entire PST file. I said
folder. You enable the Contacts Folder. Use the context menu to expose a
folder's properties.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"Shoe" wrote in message
...
Great, I have a file called Work Contacts.pst on my computer. When I
right
click on that file, there is no option to call it an email address book
in
its properties. When I navigate to that file and do a right click,
there
are
two tabs, a general and summary, neither which offer the option of
calling
this an address book. How about an exact, sequence by sequence answer?

"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

You had many points, most of them unclear.
You can show any folder you want in the address book view by simply
enabling that folder as an email address book in its properties.

--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"Shoe" wrote in message
...
Russ,
I appreciate your assistance, but you are missing the point or I am
missing
the point. What I want is to click on the address book icon and
have
two
files listed - Contacts and Work Contacts. How do I make this
happen.
Just
opening the pst file doesn't make it and if I am supposed to at that
point
copy all 1200 contacts, where do I copy them? How do I accomplish
what
I
stated in my second sentence above?

"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

You should never use "import" to transfer Outlook data. Your
Outlook
data
already exists in an Outlook data file. You simply open that file
in
Outlook
and copy what you want from it. If you want to place these Contacts
in
a
separate folder, then by all means, feel free to do so.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"Shoe" wrote in message
...
When I put them on my work laptop, there were no contacts in
Outlook
so
I
could simply import them in. However, as I indicated in my
original
posting,
my home Outlook already has a Contacts file and I do not want to
overwrite
it
- I want two separately identifiable Contacts files. When I did
this
on
the
work laptop, I had imported to the check box that said "Import
items
into
the
same folder in ... Personal Folders" However, if I do that this
time
on
my
home pc, I believe I will just overwrite the Contacts I already
have
on
the
home pc. I want to be able to flip back and forth in Outlook on
my
home
pc
from my home contacts (Contacts) to work contacts (Work Contacts)
somehow.
How do I do this?

"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

If you brought them with you, why wouldn't you just use the same
method
in
reverse to take them with you? They are stored on your employers
Exchange
Server, right?
No Outlook data is ever stored in an address book. Contacts are
only
stored
in Contact Folders in an Exchange mailbox or local data file.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"Shoe" wrote in message
news They are my contacts (employers contacts were kept in CRM
system)- I
brought
them with me and I will take them with me.

"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

Have you asked your employer? Those contacts belong to your
employer.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"Shoe" wrote in message
...
I have a home system that I use Outlook on as my mail
client.
I
have
approx.
30 contacts on this system. I have a work system where I
have
approx.
1200
contacts. I am leaving my current employment so I want to
move
my
1200
contacts from my work Outlook to my home Outlook (so I
still
have
access
to
them), but I don't want to add them to my existing Contacts
file,
nor
do
I
want the work one to replace my home one. What can I do?
On
my
work
Outlook, when I click on the address book, I see a global
address
list
in
a
drop down box that when "dropped down", show Outlook
Address
Book
at
the
top,
followed by Contacts (as a subheading under Outlook Address
Book),
followed
by Global Address List, etc., Can I somehow have my work
contacts
show
up
in
a list that I could then select?