Vista Tutorial - Hard to add new Contact after failed search for existing contact

A typical scenario for adding a new Contact is the following:
1. Clicking the Windows Contacts icon (with target "%ProgramFiles%\Windows
Mail\wab.exe") to open Contacts
2. Typing the name into the Search box and finding it absent
3. Wanting a "New Contact" button to click to create a new contact.

However, after searching there is no "New Contact" button, even though there
was such a button when you had opened up Windows Contacts originally. A
workaround is to click the Windows Contacts icon again to open a new Windows
Contacts instance, but it would be better if there were a New Contact button
after a search in Windows Contacts.

This was more convenient in Windows XP.

If you're talking about the 'Search Results...' window, just use the
Backspace key to return to the Contacts window.


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Good Luck,

Keith
Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]

"Mickey Segal" <not_monitored@example.com> wrote in message
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>A typical scenario for adding a new Contact is the following:
> 1. Clicking the Windows Contacts icon (with target
> "%ProgramFiles%\Windows Mail\wab.exe") to open Contacts
> 2. Typing the name into the Search box and finding it absent
> 3. Wanting a "New Contact" button to click to create a new contact.
>
> However, after searching there is no "New Contact" button, even though
> there was such a button when you had opened up Windows Contacts
> originally. A workaround is to click the Windows Contacts icon again to
> open a new Windows Contacts instance, but it would be better if there were
> a New Contact button after a search in Windows Contacts.
>
> This was more convenient in Windows XP.

It would be good if searching within Contacts remembered that you were
searching Contacts and offered to make a new contact.
"Keith Miller MVP" <k.miller79@no.spam.verizon.net> wrote in message
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> If you're talking about the 'Search Results...' window, just use the
> Backspace key to return to the Contacts window.

I have imported my contacts from my Palm Tungsten E and am not sure how to
import them from Palm to Microsoft Mail. Any suggestions on how to do that?

Pamela




"Mickey Segal" <not_monitored@example.com> wrote in message
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>A typical scenario for adding a new Contact is the following:
> 1. Clicking the Windows Contacts icon (with target
> "%ProgramFiles%\Windows Mail\wab.exe") to open Contacts
> 2. Typing the name into the Search box and finding it absent
> 3. Wanting a "New Contact" button to click to create a new contact.
>
> However, after searching there is no "New Contact" button, even though
> there was such a button when you had opened up Windows Contacts
> originally. A workaround is to click the Windows Contacts icon again to
> open a new Windows Contacts instance, but it would be better if there were
> a New Contact button after a search in Windows Contacts.
>
> This was more convenient in Windows XP.

And if your searching for files created before July 4, 2006 and none are
found, should it offer to create some? ;-)


--
Good Luck,

Keith
Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]

"Mickey Segal" <not_monitored@example.com> wrote in message
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> It would be good if searching within Contacts remembered that you were
> searching Contacts and offered to make a new contact.
> "Keith Miller MVP" <k.miller79@no.spam.verizon.net> wrote in message
> news:um8vln6cHHA.4888@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>> If you're talking about the 'Search Results...' window, just use the
>> Backspace key to return to the Contacts window.
>

If the Palm software has an option to export contacts in .csv (comma
seperated values) use that (I'm not familiar with Palm software). Then
import the .csv file into Contacts.


--
Good Luck,

Keith
Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]

"Pamela Melton" <pamelam@charter.net> wrote in message
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>I have imported my contacts from my Palm Tungsten E and am not sure how to
>import them from Palm to Microsoft Mail. Any suggestions on how to do
>that?
>
> Pamela
>
>
>
>
> "Mickey Segal" <not_monitored@example.com> wrote in message
> news:eXIbDL5cHHA.2088@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>>A typical scenario for adding a new Contact is the following:
>> 1. Clicking the Windows Contacts icon (with target
>> "%ProgramFiles%\Windows Mail\wab.exe") to open Contacts
>> 2. Typing the name into the Search box and finding it absent
>> 3. Wanting a "New Contact" button to click to create a new contact.
>>
>> However, after searching there is no "New Contact" button, even though
>> there was such a button when you had opened up Windows Contacts
>> originally. A workaround is to click the Windows Contacts icon again to
>> open a new Windows Contacts instance, but it would be better if there
>> were a New Contact button after a search in Windows Contacts.
>>
>> This was more convenient in Windows XP.
>

That is the problem with using a general search program, not search within a
contacts application, which would respond more helpfully.
"Keith Miller MVP" <k.miller79@no.spam.verizon.net> wrote in message
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> And if your searching for files created before July 4, 2006 and none are
> found, should it offer to create some? ;-)

There's always the 'Find' button in the 'Select Recipients' dialog.


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Good Luck,

Keith
Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]

"Mickey Segal" <not_monitored@example.com> wrote in message
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> That is the problem with using a general search program, not search within
> a contacts application, which would respond more helpfully.
> "Keith Miller MVP" <k.miller79@no.spam.verizon.net> wrote in message
> news:eTe2QV8cHHA.1216@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>> And if your searching for files created before July 4, 2006 and none are
>> found, should it offer to create some? ;-)
>

There are many cases in which one wants to use Contacts when not using
email, for example looking for an address or telephone number. It is too
bad that some functionality has been stripped out so as to use a new
searching paradigm for contacts, particularly since it works much worse on
simple tasks such as alphabetizing.

"Keith Miller MVP" <k.miller79@no.spam.verizon.net> wrote in message
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> There's always the 'Find' button in the 'Select Recipients' dialog.

Well, the apps bundled with an OS have always been basic. Notepad is not a
state-of-the-art word processor, Paint would be a lot more fun if it were
capable of 3D modeling & rendering, etc. If you want more functionality,
you buy a program specific to your needs.

That being said, have you opened a Contact in notepad? Contacts are XML
files, so you're not enslaved by a proprietary database. You can write an
app to handle Contacts in whatever way you desire -- you just have to want
it bad enough.


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Good Luck,

Keith
Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]

"Mickey Segal" <not_monitored@example.com> wrote in message
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> There are many cases in which one wants to use Contacts when not using
> email, for example looking for an address or telephone number. It is too
> bad that some functionality has been stripped out so as to use a new
> searching paradigm for contacts, particularly since it works much worse on
> simple tasks such as alphabetizing.
>
> "Keith Miller MVP" <k.miller79@no.spam.verizon.net> wrote in message
> news:e2fHaj9cHHA.4888@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>> There's always the 'Find' button in the 'Select Recipients' dialog.
>