> 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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