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Old May 7th, 2005, 09:22 AM
browniebodrum
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Default Pst file, Outlook Address Book and Outlook 2003

I use Outlook 2003 but my pst file was originally created way back in Outlook
97, and in between, it's been in use with Outlook 2000 and Outlook 2002.
Those earlier versions of Outlook used an Address Book, and even though
several posts I've read suggest Outlook2003 does NOT have an Address Book, I
still have an Address Book icon and a Check Names icon on the Outlook2003
Email toolbar, which, until last week (even in OL2003) STILL brought up the
Address Book, which was sometimes useful for quickly looking up a contact
whilst composing an email.

After I restored my .pst file to a new installation of Outlook 2003 on a new
laptop last week, I had an occasional error message pop up telling me the
'Address Book cannot be found etc etc'. That's gone away now (sorry, I can't
remember what changed in the meantime) but if I click on the Address Book
icon on the Email Toolbar I get a 'Select Names' box, (without any names or
Address Books to choose from). There is also still an Address Book icon on
the Contacts form (Detailed , at the right hand end of the Email field/box.

1 Are the icons throwbacks to the older versions of Outlook?
2 Why did the Address Book function still work in Outlook 2003 on my old
laptop but not the new, the Outlook version (2003) and the pst file haven't
changed.



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Old May 7th, 2005, 11:43 AM
Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]
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The Outlook Address Book is just a view of your contacts. It has worked the
same in all versions of Outlook, and still does. You just haven't configured
yours yet:
http://support.microsoft.com/default...Product=ol2002

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I use Outlook 2003 but my pst file was originally created way back in
Outlook
97, and in between, it's been in use with Outlook 2000 and Outlook 2002.
Those earlier versions of Outlook used an Address Book, and even though
several posts I've read suggest Outlook2003 does NOT have an Address Book,
I
still have an Address Book icon and a Check Names icon on the Outlook2003
Email toolbar, which, until last week (even in OL2003) STILL brought up
the
Address Book, which was sometimes useful for quickly looking up a contact
whilst composing an email.

After I restored my .pst file to a new installation of Outlook 2003 on a
new
laptop last week, I had an occasional error message pop up telling me the
'Address Book cannot be found etc etc'. That's gone away now (sorry, I
can't
remember what changed in the meantime) but if I click on the Address Book
icon on the Email Toolbar I get a 'Select Names' box, (without any names
or
Address Books to choose from). There is also still an Address Book icon
on
the Contacts form (Detailed , at the right hand end of the Email
field/box.

1 Are the icons throwbacks to the older versions of Outlook?
2 Why did the Address Book function still work in Outlook 2003 on my old
laptop but not the new, the Outlook version (2003) and the pst file
haven't
changed.





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Old May 7th, 2005, 05:01 PM
browniebodrum
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Great, thanks Russ.

"Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

The Outlook Address Book is just a view of your contacts. It has worked the
same in all versions of Outlook, and still does. You just haven't configured
yours yet:
http://support.microsoft.com/default...Product=ol2002

--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"browniebodrum" wrote in message
...
I use Outlook 2003 but my pst file was originally created way back in
Outlook
97, and in between, it's been in use with Outlook 2000 and Outlook 2002.
Those earlier versions of Outlook used an Address Book, and even though
several posts I've read suggest Outlook2003 does NOT have an Address Book,
I
still have an Address Book icon and a Check Names icon on the Outlook2003
Email toolbar, which, until last week (even in OL2003) STILL brought up
the
Address Book, which was sometimes useful for quickly looking up a contact
whilst composing an email.

After I restored my .pst file to a new installation of Outlook 2003 on a
new
laptop last week, I had an occasional error message pop up telling me the
'Address Book cannot be found etc etc'. That's gone away now (sorry, I
can't
remember what changed in the meantime) but if I click on the Address Book
icon on the Email Toolbar I get a 'Select Names' box, (without any names
or
Address Books to choose from). There is also still an Address Book icon
on
the Contacts form (Detailed , at the right hand end of the Email
field/box.

1 Are the icons throwbacks to the older versions of Outlook?
2 Why did the Address Book function still work in Outlook 2003 on my old
laptop but not the new, the Outlook version (2003) and the pst file
haven't
changed.






 




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