Microsoft KB Archive/176054

= OL97: Some Countries Not in Contact Address List =

Article ID: 176054

Article Last Modified on 2/23/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Outlook 97 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q176054





SYMPTOMS
The country you need for a contact's address does not appear in the list of countries in Microsoft Outlook 97.



CAUSE
The list contains the most frequently used countries.



RESOLUTION
To add a country manually, follow these steps:


 * 1) Click the Contacts icon in the Outlook Bar.
 * 2) On the File menu, point to New, and click Contact.
 * 3) After typing the contact's Full Name and any other information into the Contact form, click Address.
 * 4) Type the address details into the appropriate box, and click OK.

NOTE: If a country name already appears in the Country box, select the text, press DELETE, then type the desired country name into the box.
 * 1) Click Save And Close.

NOTE: You can also type certain valid abbreviations, and Outlook will change it to the country name. Some examples:   PRC   changes to   China UK   changes to   United Kingdom GDR  changes to   Germany CDN  changes to   Canada

