Vista - Outlook Express contacts folders available in Outlook 2007

Hi, I'm trying to work with someone who was managing hundreds of contacts in
outlook express in the windows address book. She has contacts divided into
folders so that when she is composing and clicks the To: button, she can
browse her contacts in folders and choose recipients. I have seen other
posts in this forum telling me that this is not supported in Windows
mail/windows contacts. My question is, if she upgrades to Outlook 2007, will
she be able to do this? If that is the case, is outlook 2007 available for
individual download, or is it possible to purchase an upgrade from
Student/teacher edition to the full office package?

Thanks for the help,

Kevin

I have cross-posted your question to the Outlook newsgroup.
You can get there by clicking on this link:
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...utlook.general

Gary VanderMolen

"kgeil" <kgeil@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:C7984A1D-FD85-4FCC-B5A3-61B2C739B111@microsoft.com...
> Hi, I'm trying to work with someone who was managing hundreds of contacts in
> outlook express in the windows address book. She has contacts divided into
> folders so that when she is composing and clicks the To: button, she can
> browse her contacts in folders and choose recipients. I have seen other
> posts in this forum telling me that this is not supported in Windows
> mail/windows contacts. My question is, if she upgrades to Outlook 2007, will
> she be able to do this? If that is the case, is outlook 2007 available for
> individual download, or is it possible to purchase an upgrade from
> Student/teacher edition to the full office package?
>
> Thanks for the help,
>
> Kevin

Outlook 2007 can be purchased as a standalone version - there is no upgrade version, just the full version. Try http://www.amazon.com/Microsoft-543-...8133198&sr=8-1 for a good price and free shipping (US). In Outlook, be sure to enable each contact folder as an Outlook Address Book (right click, properties, address book tab). However, using categories within a single contact folder is easier to use for me and many others.

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After furious head scratching, Gary VanderMolen asked:

| I have cross-posted your question to the Outlook newsgroup.
| You can get there by clicking on this link:
| news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...utlook.general
|
| Gary VanderMolen
|
| "kgeil" <kgeil@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
| news:C7984A1D-FD85-4FCC-B5A3-61B2C739B111@microsoft.com...
|| Hi, I'm trying to work with someone who was managing hundreds of
|| contacts in outlook express in the windows address book. She has
|| contacts divided into folders so that when she is composing and
|| clicks the To: button, she can browse her contacts in folders and
|| choose recipients. I have seen other posts in this forum telling me
|| that this is not supported in Windows mail/windows contacts. My
|| question is, if she upgrades to Outlook 2007, will she be able to do
|| this? If that is the case, is outlook 2007 available for individual
|| download, or is it possible to purchase an upgrade from
|| Student/teacher edition to the full office package?
||
|| Thanks for the help,
||
|| Kevin