Vista - Problem copying list of contacts into a new group list

02-26-2009

Gentlefolk: I have tried every way I know to copy a list of Contacts from
an existing group list into a new group list, but without success. I was
able to do this under Outlook Express, but have not been able to get it done
in Windows Mail.

Does anyone know of a way to do this? I have over 20 groups that are
similar except for one contact (so I don't send a joke back to the one who
sent it to me), and unless I can find a way to cut and paste, I will have to
create each group by laboriously adding the contacts one by one. I had
hoped that Windows Mail would offer this very useful feature, but I sure
have not found out how yet. Many thanks, Terry

02-28-2009

Open the Contacts folder...
highlight one of the groups... press Ctrl-C (to Copy)
press Ctrl-V to paste (this will create a copy of the orginal group)
Open the copied group and remove recipients
Rename the copied group

repeat as necessary

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Windows 7 beta
http://get.live.com/wlmail/overview
http://download.live.com/wlmail

"Terry Fenimore" <tlfenimore@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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Quote:

> Gentlefolk: I have tried every way I know to copy a list of Contacts from
> an existing group list into a new group list, but without success. I was
> able to do this under Outlook Express, but have not been able to get it
> done in Windows Mail.
>
> Does anyone know of a way to do this? I have over 20 groups that are
> similar except for one contact (so I don't send a joke back to the one who
> sent it to me), and unless I can find a way to cut and paste, I will have
> to create each group by laboriously adding the contacts one by one. I had
> hoped that Windows Mail would offer this very useful feature, but I sure
> have not found out how yet. Many thanks, Terry

02-26-2009	#1 (permalink)
Terry Fenimore n/a posts	Problem copying list of contacts into a new group list Gentlefolk: I have tried every way I know to copy a list of Contacts from an existing group list into a new group list, but without success. I was able to do this under Outlook Express, but have not been able to get it done in Windows Mail. Does anyone know of a way to do this? I have over 20 groups that are similar except for one contact (so I don't send a joke back to the one who sent it to me), and unless I can find a way to cut and paste, I will have to create each group by laboriously adding the contacts one by one. I had hoped that Windows Mail would offer this very useful feature, but I sure have not found out how yet. Many thanks, Terry
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02-28-2009	#2 (permalink)
Dave n/a posts	Re: Problem copying list of contacts into a new group list Open the Contacts folder... highlight one of the groups... press Ctrl-C (to Copy) press Ctrl-V to paste (this will create a copy of the orginal group) Open the copied group and remove recipients Rename the copied group repeat as necessary -- Windows 7 beta http://get.live.com/wlmail/overview http://download.live.com/wlmail "Terry Fenimore" <tlfenimore@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:76DD41D6-42A8-44E2-83A9-A31347DA5302@xxxxxx Quote: > Gentlefolk: I have tried every way I know to copy a list of Contacts from > an existing group list into a new group list, but without success. I was > able to do this under Outlook Express, but have not been able to get it > done in Windows Mail. > > Does anyone know of a way to do this? I have over 20 groups that are > similar except for one contact (so I don't send a joke back to the one who > sent it to me), and unless I can find a way to cut and paste, I will have > to create each group by laboriously adding the contacts one by one. I had > hoped that Windows Mail would offer this very useful feature, but I sure > have not found out how yet. Many thanks, Terry
My System Specs

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