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OL98: How to Use Outlook Contacts in Outlook Express 5.0

Article ID: 252623

Article Last Modified on 1/27/2007

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APPLIES TO

• Microsoft Outlook Express 5.5
• Microsoft Outlook Express 5.01 Service Pack 1
• Microsoft Outlook Express 5.0
• Microsoft Outlook 98 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q252623

NOTE: The procedures in this article only apply if you have installed Outlook with the Corporate or Workgroup option. With this option, you can use Messaging Application Programming Interface (MAPI) services. To determine your installation type, click About Microsoft Outlook on the Help menu. If you have the Corporate or Workgroup installation, you see "Corporate or Workgroup".

SUMMARY

This article describes how to share the contents of your Outlook Contacts folder with Outlook Express.

MORE INFORMATION

In order to share your Outlook Contacts folder with Outlook Express:

In Outlook

• Create a Personal Address Book.
• Make the Contacts folder display as an E-mail address book.
• Change the Addressing settings of your Outlook Profile.
• Add your Contacts to your Personal Address Book.

In Outlook Express

• Import your Personal Address Book from Outlook.

In Outlook

Create a Personal Address Book

1. On the Tools menu, click Services.
2. Click Add, and then click to select Personal Address Book.
3. Type a name for your address book or accept the default.
4. Click OK twice.
5. Restart Outlook.

Make the Contacts folder display as an E-mail address book

1. In the Outlook desktop, right-click the Contacts folder, and then click Properties.
2. On the Outlook Address Book tab, click to select the Show this folder as an Email Address Book check box.
3. Click OK.

Change the Addressing settings of your Outlook Profile

1. On the Tools menu, click Services, and then click the Addressing tab.
2. In the Show this Address List First box, click Contacts.
3. In the Keep Personal Addresses in box, click Personal Address Book.
4. Click OK.

Add your Contacts to your Personal Address Book

1. On the Tools menu, click Address Book.
2. In the Show Names from box, click Contacts.
3. In the list of names, click to select the Contacts you want to add to the Personal Address Book. (You can hold down the CTRL key and click each Contact you want, or press and hold the SHIFT key to select multiple contacts.)
4. Right-click the names, and then click Add to Personal Address Book.

In Outlook Express

Import your Personal Address Book from Outlook

1. On the Tools menu, click Address Book.
2. On the File menu, point to Import, and then click Other Address Book.
3. In the Address Book Import tool, click Microsoft Exchange Personal Address Book, and then click Import.
4. When the process completes, click OK, and then click Close.

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