I have a group of users that are using a particular template for their
contacts. What they would like to do is have the ability to send vcards of
customer contacts to each other in order to assign certain users certain
contacts. They do not have the option to share from one contacts database, as
management would like to keep them separate.

What happens when they export to vCard, is that it loses the template that
the contact was built in, and when they go to import it, it comes up in
normal view and there is no easy way to convert the contacts to the
particular template. (these are remedial users).

Is there any way to ahve the vCard retain the template?

A vCard is just a text file. It has no template.

They need to send actual contact items. Create a message in rich-text format and use the Insert | Item command to attach the contact item.

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Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003
http://www.turtleflock.com/olconfig/index.htm
and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers
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"Quagmire0" wrote in message ...
I have a group of users that are using a particular template for their
contacts. What they would like to do is have the ability to send vcards of
customer contacts to each other in order to assign certain users certain
contacts. They do not have the option to share from one contacts database, as
management would like to keep them separate.

What happens when they export to vCard, is that it loses the template that
the contact was built in, and when they go to import it, it comes up in
normal view and there is no easy way to convert the contacts to the
particular template. (these are remedial users).

Is there any way to ahve the vCard retain the template?

"Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

A vCard is just a text file. It has no template.

They need to send actual contact items. Create a message in rich-text format and use the Insert | Item command to attach the contact item.


When I go to Insert, there is no choice for 'Item'. Is there a setting I
need to change (other than Rich Text)?

NEVERMIND. It was under the paperclip icon. Thanks!

"Quagmire0" wrote:



"Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

A vCard is just a text file. It has no template.

They need to send actual contact items. Create a message in rich-text format and use the Insert | Item command to attach the contact item.


When I go to Insert, there is no choice for 'Item'. Is there a setting I
need to change (other than Rich Text)?