> Thanks, Russ,
> The various views of the Contacts folder is wonderful and I use all of
> them
> all of the time. But if I am going to reply to an email, or even to
> forward
> a copy to another person, I can't understand how it is easier to use a
> view
> of the contacts folder, since I am in the Mail folder and require only the
> email address of the person I want to send the email to? This makes no
> sense
> unless I'm missing something about the way to use the View of the Contacts
> folder while composing and replying to me emails??? Can you explain?
> In fact I had to go through all of my contacts (and there are way too
> many)
> and remove any listings for FAX phones, because it automatically created a
> double entry for each one in the address book making it cumbersome to go
> down
> the list to find anyone. (And yes, I know I could just enter the first
> few
> letters of a name and do a search, but that takes more time.)
> Going from Office 2003 to 2007, I at least expected some improvements in
> the
> way folks use the email and address book to quickly fill in an email
> address
> or two. But nay, it is just the same which is not user friendly at all.
> (And yes, I love the possible views of the contact folder! But that has
> very
> little to do with trying to write a fast email and get the address to pop
> in
> without having to scroll down a list of both active and in active
> contacts,
> including their fax numbers.) I thought MS could do better than this.
> Marc Martin
> markymar@bellsouth.net
>
> "Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:
>

>> There has been no development of the address book view since the very
>> first
>> version of Outlook. Microsoft expects us to use the various views of the
>> Contacts Folder to sort, filter or find Contacts.
>> --
>> Russ Valentine
>> [MVP-Outlook]
>> "markymar@bellsouth.net" discussions.microsoft.com>
>> wrote in message
>> news:1FB4B058-84CB-45DC-A100-DBCAB3535ECF@microsoft.com...

>>> Strange to find the exact same problem that I have been having bing
>>> actively
>>> discussed here. And of course, there doesn't seem to be any solution
>>> other
>>> than to juggle the contacts data base so that I don't have to wade
>>> through
>>> all those useless entries in the "address book" after clicking the TO:
>>> I imagined that at least there would be some way to mask or hide the
>>> entries
>>> in the "address book" which uses the contacts data base. I even
>>> thought
>>> that
>>> MS might have been kind enough to allow you to indicate if a contact
>>> was
>>> "inactive" so that they would no longer appear in the "address book"
>>> when
>>> sendint out an email.
>>> At least I'm gratified to learn that there is someone else with the
>>> same
>>> difficulties. The simplist solution would be to be able to tag those
>>> contacts that I do not wish to see listed in the "address book" when I
>>> am
>>> sending out my emails. But that's much to simple and practicle to be
>>> available in Office 2007.
>>> Marc Martin
>>> markymar@bellsouth.net
>>>
>>> "Nikki Peterson" wrote:
>>>

>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Nikki
>>>>
>>>> "Crossword" discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>>>> news:E57D9FF9-0F2D-438A-8E12-70B1CBDB370F@microsoft.com...

>>>>> Actually, I used your other method of a separate Contacts folder --
>>>>> an
>>>>> archive folder, if you will. That way I can still get to them via
>>>>> the
>>>>> drop-down address book box in the -- dare I say it :-) -- Address
>>>>> Book
>>>>> window, but they don't clutter the list of names. Either way would
>>>>> work,
>>>>> and
>>>>> I appreciate your suggestions. Thanks.
>>>>>
>>>>> "Nikki Peterson" wrote:
>>>>>

>>>>>> Did you try my other solution of removing the e-mail information
>>>>>> from
>>>>>> the email field and just placing it into the text of the contact?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I think this will accomplish what you wish.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Nikki
>>>>>>
>>>>>> "Crossword" discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>>>>>> news:DEEB6CD4-426D-4862-8CB7-F4DF0133232D@microsoft.com...

>>>>>>> Come, now. In the overall scheme of things, this is only a minor
>>>>>>> annoyance. I
>>>>>>> don't use Outlook for anything more than an email client, and
>>>>>>> respectfully
>>>>>>> decline your offer to become a Contacts proselyte at this time. I
>>>>>>> do
>>>>>>> appreciate your concern, though, and will try not to pout
>>>>>>> anymore.
>>>>>>> Thank
>>>>>>> you.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> "Judy Gleeson (MVP Outlook)" wrote:
>>>>>>>

>>>>>

>>>>
>>>>
>>>>

>>