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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? |
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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? |
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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? |
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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? |
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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? |
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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? |
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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)- Ibrought 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? |
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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)- Ibrought 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? |
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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)- Ibrought 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? |
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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? |
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