[mso] Re: Printing Outlook Address Book - Export to MS Access

Peter, this sounds too good to be true, and so it is :(

The Import & Export fields in my Outlook 2000 are greyed out. Obviously, I
am missing something here. It is a lazy, hazy Sunday here and my grey
matter is not functioning right. How can I get these fields to become
active again?



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From: mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On
Behalf Of Peter Chiavaro
Sent: 28 April 2002 12:17 PM
To: mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [mso] Printing Outlook Address Book - Export to MS Access



Hi Diane,

   I fooled around with the export feature this morning to see if I find =
anything that would help you.

I highlighted the address book I wanted to export. Then go to FILE, =
IMPORT/EXPORT, then EXPORT TO A FILE... and it gives you a list of =
formats. I choose a few different formats like comma delimited, tab =
delimited, Text - Dos, Text - Windows.

All the above formats can be opened with "Note Pad", but the data is =
scattered all over the place and by no means ready for printing.

Well. Since Outlook is NOT my forte, there might be a better way, but =
this is what I would do.

If you do not have "MS Access" on your computer, then read no further. =
You'll have to let someone else help you.

If you DO have MS Access..... you're in business!

I would export the address book in MS Access format. Open the MDB file =
that was created. Then, (even if you have absolutely no knowledge of how =
to run MS Access) click the "Reports" tab and do an "auto report".

One second later... POOF...The result is fantastic! A real NICE report =
all paginated correctly with real nice fancy headers and columns and the =
whole nine yards. To someone who didn't know any better, it would look =
like you spent hours designing such a document. You could even impress =
the boss. After the report is done, you can do whatever you like. Email =
it, Fax it, Print it etc. It may sound like a big "to do" but the whole =
process is about 8 clicks and takes about one or two minutes from start =
to finish.

Like I said, I know next to nothing about Outlook, but I do know a tad =
about Access. Most likely, someone here will come up with 2 or 3 clicks =
in Outlook to achieve your goal, but I'll bet it won't look as good.

Peter C.
Stuart, FL
kp@xxxxxxxx








-----Original Message-----
From: mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On =
Behalf Of Diane Rainaud
Sent: Saturday, April 27, 2002 10:12 PM
To: MSO @ Freelists. org (E-mail)
Subject: [mso] Printing Address Book List in Outlook 2000

BlankHello,

Is there a way to print my address book list in Outlook 2000?  I can't =
find
a print function so wonder if the only way is to take screen shots then
print those.

Thanks for any help.

Diane

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