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Old 03-27-2008   #8 (permalink)
Gary VanderMolen


 
 

Re: EXPORTING CONTACTS

Don't right-click ON the toolbar.
Right-click somewhere in that vast empty white space below it.

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Gary VanderMolen, MS-MVP (WLMail)


"Toyman" <o1nyx@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:OPvk3jEkIHA.4712@xxxxxx
Quote:

> Thanks, but that didn't help.
>
> After opening Contacts, when I right-click in the empty area to the right of
> the toolbar, there is NO option to customize. The only choices on the
> Contacts tool bar are File - Edit - View - Tools - Help. The only options
> when I right-click the right end of the Contacts tool bar are Google - Show
> Norton Toolbar - Lock the Toolbar.
>
> Also when I open Contacts, it displays as an Explorer folder. Don't know if
> it matters, but to organize my contacts so I don't have to look at every one
> of them when choosing addresses, I've put them into sub-folders - e.g.
> archive, business, pix, personal, etc. I wonder if the Contacts file/folder
> has to be in a specific location.
>
> Having recently helped a buddy to set up his Vista Mail & Contacts, I
> realize there are additional items on his Contacts toolbar that I don't
> have - including Import & Export. His setup is similar to mine.
>
> I wonder if it's time to remove/re-install Mail.
>
> Toyman
> ___________________________
>
>
>
> <robertmiles@xxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:%238DxKeDkIHA.1132@xxxxxx
> In Windows Mail, click on Tools, then Windows Contacts. In the empty
> space at the right side of this new window, right click, then click on
> Customize This Folder, then the triangle, then Contacts, then Apply, then
> OK, then close the Contacts Window and open it again. See if Export
> now appears on its toolbar.
>
> "Toyman" <o1nyx@xxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:%23rW31VBkIHA.536@xxxxxx
Quote:

>> Actually there is no Windows Mail Address book - it's labeled Contacts.
>> Beyond that, there is no button on the Contacts toolbar (or elsewhere
>> within
>> Windows Mail) labeled "EXPORT". So at this point I don't have a clue.
>> Any
>> other ideas?
>>
>> Toyman
>> ___________________________
>>
>> "Gordon" <gbplinux@xxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:fsdv5k$dka$2@xxxxxx
>> "Toyman" <o1nyx@xxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:%23JtN%23D2jIHA.3512@xxxxxx
Quote:

>>>
>>> I was recently switched to a new ISP (Comcast). I'm trying to figure out
>>> a
>>> way to copy my contact list from Windows Mail to the Comcast Webmail
>>> site.
>>> They have some help screens for moving it from Outlook Express by
>>> exporting
>>> the Address Book. I'm not seeing any options in Windows Mail to export
>>> contacts via a .cvs file. Is there a way to do it?
>>
>> You HAVE looked at the Windows Mail Addressbook, haven't you? (The button
>> on
>> the toolbar called "EXPORT" might be a clue...)
>>
>
>

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