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Old October 2nd 06, 10:22 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics
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new computer - I have my contacts completely set up in Outlook, when I try
to use Fax Console to send faxes the only address book it shows is my email
address book - how do I set it up so that it finds my Contacts list in Outlook
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Old October 3rd 06, 03:26 AM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics
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"vomenuez" wrote in message
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new computer - I have my contacts completely set up in Outlook,
when I try
to use Fax Console to send faxes the only address book it shows is
my email
address book - how do I set it up so that it finds my Contacts list
in Outlook



It won't. That's MIcrosoft's fax service and the only address book it
will read is the Windows Address Book (WAB), the same one used by
Outlook EXPRESS. Outlook's contacts are within its own .pst file
(i.e., within its own message store) and are not also duplicated in
the WAB.

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Old October 3rd 06, 03:15 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics
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"Vanguard" wrote in message ...
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| when I try to use Fax Console to send faxes the only address book it shows is my email address book - how do I set it up so that it finds my Contacts list in Outlook

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Copy Outlook Express address book contacts to Outlook

http://office.microsoft.com/en-au/as...919601033.aspx


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Old October 5th 06, 02:55 AM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics
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"Touch Base" wrote in message
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"Vanguard" wrote in message
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| "vomenuez" wrote in message
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| new computer - I have my contacts completely set up in Outlook,
| when I try to use Fax Console to send faxes the only address book
it shows is my email address book - how do I set it up so that it
finds my Contacts list in Outlook

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Copy Outlook Express address book contacts to Outlook

http://office.microsoft.com/en-au/as...919601033.aspx



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That's the wrong direction. The OP wants to see the people while
using the Fax Service, and that uses the Windows Address Book which
means the OP would want to import his Outlook contacts into Outlook
Express, not the other way around.

OE6 has its Synchronize function but that gets people listed in your
Hotmail address book (online) into OE6. However, there is no way to
import contacts from Outlook into Hotmail (and then into OE6).

If you look at the File - Import menu, Other address book, notice
there is the "Microsoft Exchange Personal Address Book". This will
ask for your MAPI profile. If Outlook is defined as the default MAPI
client, maybe this will import contacts from your .pst file. I've
never tried it.

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Old October 6th 06, 01:50 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics
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All I know is that if you put the fax number of the person/company in the required spot in either the home or business tab of OE it will show up in the MS fax program when you select that particular person or company to send a fax to. What I'm not sure of is whether all those fields transfer over to Outlook when you import them. But as I said it works if you are using OE. YMMV
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Old October 7th 06, 03:34 AM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics
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"Vanguard" wrote in message
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All I know is that if you put the fax number of the person/company in
the required spot in either the home or business tab of OE it will
show up in the MS fax program when you select that particular person
or company to send a fax to. What I'm not sure of is whether all those
fields transfer over to Outlook when you import them. But as I said
it works if you are using OE. YMMV


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Since the fax service uses the Windows Address Book, the same one that
OE uses, and NOT the one that Outlook uses, I don't see the point of
migrating fax data for entries in your WAB over into your Outlook
contacts folder. Fax Service can't read your contacts in Outlook. It
can only read from the WAB. You would end up, if possible, migrating
fax data into Outlook that was unreachable by the Fax Service, anyway.

 




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