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How can I update contact info without replacing or creating dupes?



 
 
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Old December 8th, 2006, 02:23 AM posted to microsoft.public.outlook.contacts
B. RAORANE
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Default How can I update contact info without replacing or creating dupes?

I want to UPDATE info only. For instance:

If the existing info for Tom Smith lists his business number and the new
info lists his home number, I want these two to merge- not create 2 different
entries for Tom Smith.

Thank you,
B
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Old December 8th, 2006, 03:54 AM posted to microsoft.public.outlook.contacts
Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]
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Default How can I update contact info without replacing or creating dupes?

Please post a complete and coherent question if you have one.
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Russ Valentine
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"B. RAORANE" B. wrote in message
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I want to UPDATE info only. For instance:

If the existing info for Tom Smith lists his business number and the new
info lists his home number, I want these two to merge- not create 2
different
entries for Tom Smith.

Thank you,
B


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Old December 8th, 2006, 04:05 AM posted to microsoft.public.outlook.contacts
B. RAORANE
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Default How can I update contact info without replacing or creating du

Was that not coherent? Let me try slowly this time.

How can I update my contacts with new information without REPLACING old info
or making duplicates? For example, if Russ has a work phone number listed,
and I want to add another work number- how can I avoid replacing the old with
the new? I want for the program to ultimately show two work numbers for Russ.

Thank you.

"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

Please post a complete and coherent question if you have one.
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Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"B. RAORANE" B. wrote in message
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I want to UPDATE info only. For instance:

If the existing info for Tom Smith lists his business number and the new
info lists his home number, I want these two to merge- not create 2
different
entries for Tom Smith.

Thank you,
B


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Old December 8th, 2006, 05:49 AM posted to microsoft.public.outlook.contacts
Ben M. Schorr - MVP
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Default How can I update contact info without replacing or creating du

Aloha B. RAORANE,

Open the Contact item for Russ, select a different phone number field and
enter the second phone number.

-Ben-
Ben M. Schorr - MVP
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http://www.rolandschorr.com
Microsoft OneNote FAQ: http://www.factplace.com/onenotefaq.htm

Was that not coherent? Let me try slowly this time.

How can I update my contacts with new information without REPLACING
old info or making duplicates? For example, if Russ has a work phone
number listed, and I want to add another work number- how can I avoid
replacing the old with the new? I want for the program to ultimately
show two work numbers for Russ.

Thank you.

"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

Please post a complete and coherent question if you have one.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"B. RAORANE" B. wrote in message
...
I want to UPDATE info only. For instance:

If the existing info for Tom Smith lists his business number and the
new
info lists his home number, I want these two to merge- not create 2
different
entries for Tom Smith.
Thank you,
B



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Old December 8th, 2006, 07:38 PM posted to microsoft.public.outlook.contacts
B. RAORANE
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Default How can I update contact info without replacing or creating du

Thank you. That answer siffices for one contact. What do I do if I am
importing contacts from Excel- a whole bunch of them and want them to merge
with existing contacts? ie- update existing contacts, not replace.

"Brian Tillman" wrote:

B. RAORANE B. wrote:

I want to UPDATE info only. For instance:

If the existing info for Tom Smith lists his business number and the
new info lists his home number, I want these two to merge- not create
2 different entries for Tom Smith.


So, open Tom Smith's contact record and type in his home number.
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Brian Tillman

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Old December 8th, 2006, 08:43 PM posted to microsoft.public.outlook.contacts
Brian Tillman
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Default How can I update contact info without replacing or creating du

B. RAORANE wrote:

Thank you. That answer siffices for one contact. What do I do if I
am importing contacts from Excel- a whole bunch of them and want them
to merge with existing contacts? ie- update existing contacts, not
replace.


What I would do, perhaps, would be to export the contacts into an file, use
Excel to merge the data, then delete my existing contacts and import the
Excel file.
--
Brian Tillman

 




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