"Contacts" button & field on Contacts dialog

When opening up a Contact, at the bottom right, there is a button labeled
"Contacts", and a corresponding empty field. What are those, and for what
purpose are they supposed to be used? I can´t find an explanation anywhere...

You assume that we know your Outlook version. We don't. I assume you are
referring to the field that permits you to link one Contact to another.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"jurena" wrote in message
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When opening up a Contact, at the bottom right, there is a button labeled
"Contacts", and a corresponding empty field. What are those, and for what
purpose are they supposed to be used? I can´t find an explanation
anywhere...

It´s Outlook 2007. I sort of thought that it might be linking Contacts, but
where is this functionality described? If I do a search on Help for "Linking
contacts" I get a lot of hits for the Business Mgr. (which I don´t have), but
nothing ele even close. This field is not even mentioned on Help´s "Entering
New Contacts". What is the idea, to link, say, people from the same Company?
Thanks.

By default, that field doesn't even appear in Outlook 2007 unless you added
it. There can be any number of reasons you might want to link Contacts
without creating a permanent grouping of them like you would with a Category
of Distribution List.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"jurena" wrote in message
...


It´s Outlook 2007. I sort of thought that it might be linking Contacts,
but
where is this functionality described? If I do a search on Help for
"Linking
contacts" I get a lot of hits for the Business Mgr. (which I don´t have),
but
nothing ele even close. This field is not even mentioned on Help´s
"Entering
New Contacts". What is the idea, to link, say, people from the same
Company?
Thanks.

Here's an example of how I use it. I do business with a company where the
representative assigned to my account changes frequently. I can't remember
the current person's name or the name of the last person, but I can remember
the rep from last year. So, each time the rep changes, I use the Contacts
field to link to the previous rep, in addition to making a note in the body
of the contact. Because links are reciprocal -- adding a link from A to B
also adds one automatically from B to A -- that makes it possible for me to
trace the chain of rep replacements until I find the current one.

"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

There can be any number of reasons you might want to link Contacts
without creating a permanent grouping of them like you would with a Category
of Distribution List.

"jurena" wrote in message
...


It´s Outlook 2007. I sort of thought that it might be linking Contacts,
but
where is this functionality described? If I do a search on Help for
"Linking
contacts" I get a lot of hits for the Business Mgr. (which I don´t have),
but
nothing ele even close. This field is not even mentioned on Help´s
"Entering
New Contacts". What is the idea, to link, say, people from the same
Company?
Thanks.