I thought I mentioned this months ago but can’t find it in my archives… if it’s a repeat, sorry (and please let me know what date it ran.)Hotmail lets you assign contacts to categories; Outlook lets you assign categories to contacts. So why don’t the Categories sync when you use the Outlook Connector?Categories don’t sync as categories because “categories” doesn’t mean … [Read more...] about Tip 843: Hotmail contact categories and Outlook categories
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Tip 552: Outlook 2007 Categories
Outlook 2007’s category picker leaves a lot to be desired for people who make heavy use of categories and prefer typing categories in the category field text box. For Contacts, click the All Fields button. Categories is under the Frequently Used fields and you can type in the value column. (Most fields are editable in this view.) See Outlook Categories and Color … [Read more...] about Tip 552: Outlook 2007 Categories
Tip 528: Sort By Category
Many users are surprised when they discover they can’t sort by category. It is possible to sort by category but you need to use the By Category view, and sort the groups by name.Outlook's Categories work this way because the category field can contain multiple categories (and few would want to sort by the first category only), while each group is made up only of items in … [Read more...] about Tip 528: Sort By Category
Tip 201: Add Addresses to a Distribution List
Do you want to make a Distribution list using a list of addresses found in another file? While the recommended method is to import the addresses to contacts and assign categories so you have an easy to manage dynamic DL, you can easily copy and paste the addresses into a DL form.The addresses need to be in semi-colon delimited format or one address per line.Open a new … [Read more...] about Tip 201: Add Addresses to a Distribution List
Tip 124: Master Category List
Outlook doesn't have import/export Master Category feature so you can easily share custom categories with others, other than by exporting the registry and overwriting the registry entry on the other computers. However, it's not necessary to export the master category list and import it on everyone's computer, any category used on an Outlook item but not on the master category … [Read more...] about Tip 124: Master Category List