And if you read my response you'll see that I added the ability to do a
little extra - Mailmerging.
There's more than one way to skin a cat (sometimes) in Outlook and in this
instance there's potentially great benefit in trying different ones as the
poster may not even know that there are higher functions available that
those which they asked about.
Judy Gleeson
MVP Outlook
Trainer and Consultant
read my articles here:
www.judygleeson.com
Canberra, Australia
how to post questions:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=555375
"BillR [MVP]"
removethisbitMVPS.org> wrote in message
news:12F44DF9-B1D0-4F37-9C63-0C616E82898E@microsoft.com...
> If you read through this thread you will find out the poster has found the
> solution that they want.
>
> --
> Bill R MVP
> "Judy Gleeson (MVP Outlook)" hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:ez6LddF%%23HHA.5164@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>> If they are all in the one folder and grouped by category, DON'T click
>> the To... button, just drag the group to the Sent Items folder and you'll
>> be emailing them.. Or do a mailmerge by selecting the whole group and
>> choosing Tools | Mailmerge...
>>
>>
>> Judy Gleeson
>> MVP Outlook
>> Trainer and Consultant
>>
>> read my articles here:
www.judygleeson.com
>> Canberra, Australia
>>
>> how to post questions:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=555375
>>
>> "BillR [MVP]"
removethisbitMVPS.org> wrote in message
>> news:AA6774D8-B8B2-42B8-9B03-EABA3B381269@microsoft.com...
>>> No sweat.
>>> "Add New Group" is just a way to group different Contacts folders in the
>>> Navigation Pane.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Bill R MVP
>>> "Joplin420x"
discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>>> news:DDE423F7-9396-410C-8D38-F933275FF8BB@microsoft.com...
>>>> YAY!! I figured it out all by myself!! I kept playing with it last
>>>> night
>>>> after I posted the question, and finally got it! I'm so proud.. and god
>>>> that
>>>> took forever to figure out! I did like you said.. added another folder
>>>> for
>>>> just my co-workers..to keep them separate from the rest of my email
>>>> addresses.. so when i go to send an email, i can choose which folder to
>>>> select the email address from. You would think as many new features
>>>> that
>>>> Outlook 07 has, it would make that a little easier! So what's the point
>>>> of
>>>> "Add new Group"??
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> **And for all those trying to figure this out, and having a hella time
>>>> like
>>>> I did. Open up the business card of the address you want in a different
>>>> folder, then click the Microsoft Icon in the top left, and scroll down
>>>> until
>>>> you see move, then you can move to a folder that you've already
>>>> created, or
>>>> make a new one**
>>>>
>>>> Thanks SO much for the help Bill!
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> "BillR [MVP]" wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Using different Contact folders. Then each would be set as an email
>>>>> address
>>>>> book and when you click "To" choose the address book in Select Names
>>>>> from
>>>>> the drop-down list.
>>>>> Just make sure you use a descriptive name for each Contacts folder
>>>>> other
>>>>> than your main (which you can't rename) so you know which address book
>>>>> to
>>>>> choose.
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Bill R MVP
>>>>> "Joplin420x"
discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>>>>> news:28DA8E5C-094C-4790-B5E0-0CCB91C3A9FB@microsoft.com...
>>>>>> Yeah, I did that where I color coded friends from co-workers
>>>>>> (categorize)..
>>>>>> so when I view them by category, they are grouped.. but I trying to
>>>>>> figure
>>>>>> out when I go to send an email, and click "To:".. how can I fliter
>>>>>> all the
>>>>>> email addresses and just see all co-workers, or all friends.. etc.
>>>>>> instead
>>>>>> of
>>>>>> looking through all the hundreds of addresses I have to select. And
>>>>>> since
>>>>>> I
>>>>>> use Outlook 07 for both work and personal use, I don't want to make
>>>>>> the
>>>>>> mistake of clicking a co-workers email address, when I wanted to
>>>>>> send it
>>>>>> to a
>>>>>> friend with the same first name. I see the "Add New Group" in
>>>>>> Contacts,
>>>>>> and I
>>>>>> clicked on it and named it " Friends ", but I can't figure out how
>>>>>> to add
>>>>>> or
>>>>>> import my friends emails addresses into that group.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> "BillR [MVP]" wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Assign Categories and Group By Category. => a table view which you
>>>>>>> might
>>>>>>> not
>>>>>>> like.
>>>>>>> Or assign Categories and create filtered views for each category.
>>>>>>> Or use different Contacts folder for each of your Groups (not the
>>>>>>> best
>>>>>>> way).
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>> Bill R MVP
>>>>>>> "Joplin420x"
discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
>>>>>>> message
>>>>>>> news:BA6764BF-2768-4C02-B94D-88C523AE9D48@microsoft.com...
>>>>>>>>I need to separate my contacts into groups. As in Friends, Family
>>>>>>>>and
>>>>>>>> Co-Workers. So when I send an email, I can look in a certain
>>>>>>>> group or
>>>>>>>> folder
>>>>>>>> for "Co-Workers" and not have to look through the hundreds of
>>>>>>>> addresses
>>>>>>>> I
>>>>>>>> have. I see in my Outlook 2007, under Contacts " Add New Group"
>>>>>>>> and "
>>>>>>>> Customize Current View", but when I add a new group and name it,
>>>>>>>> how do
>>>>>>>> I
>>>>>>>> import or add certain contacts to that group?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>
>>
>>
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