Microsoft KB Archive/242061

= OL2000: Some Contact Fields Lost Using Signature with vCard Attachment =

Article ID: 242061

Article Last Modified on 9/29/2003

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Outlook 2000 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q242061



SYMPTOMS
If you attach a vCard to your Autosignature using the "New vCard from Contact" feature, about 40 fields carried in the contact record are not carried in the attached vCard record.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.



MORE INFORMATION
To pick up an additional 10 fields from the contact record, export the contact to a vCard file and copy the vCard file into the Autosignature using the Advanced Edit feature.

To Add an Exported vCard to an Autosignature
NOTE: You must not be using Microsoft Word to edit your e-mail messages for the Signature Picker to be available.
 * 1) Open the contact record you wish to use as a vCard in your signature.
 * 2) On the File menu, click Export to vCard file, save the file to your desktop, and close the contact.
 * 3) Right-click the vCard, and click Copy on the shortcut menu.
 * 4) On the Tools menu, click Options.
 * 5) On the Mail Format tab, click Signature Picker.
 * 6) Click New, assign a unique name to your new signature, and click Next.
 * 7) Click Advanced Edit and Yes, to start an external editor.
 * 8) Type the desired signature information, and on the Edit menu, click Paste, to insert the vCard file and close the external editor.
 * 9) Click OK and OK.

To Add a vCard to an Autosignature with New vCard From Contact

 * 1) On the Tools menu, click Options.
 * 2) On the Mail Format tab, click Signature Picker.
 * 3) Click New, assign a unique name to your new signature, and click Next.
 * 4) Type the desired signature information and then click New vCard from Contact.
 * 5) Select the desired contact and click OK.
 * 6) Click Finish, OK, and OK.

New vCard Fields vs. Exported vCard Fields
The following table lists those contact fields missing from the vCard using the "New vCard from Contact" feature (New vCard), as compared to those missing when copying an exported vCard (Export vCard):

