Hi James, I use Outlook 2003, so this is how to do it in that version. Select (click on) the contact you want to duplicate. Click on the Edit menu; click Copy, then click Paste. A duplicate will appear in your Contacts. Open it and edit what you want. Hope that helps. Ellen This email was sent on 4/24/09 at 12:42 PM -----Original Message----- From: mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of James S. Huggins (mso) Sent: Friday, April 24, 2009 12:01 PM To: mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [mso] cloning a Microsoft Outlook contact this is a person and I want to put in his mother so it would be fastest to clone him then change the copy so I don't have to retype everything is there a way to do this? is there a better way to accomplish this? James S. Huggins ************************************************************* You are receiving this mail because you subscribed to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx or MicrosoftOffice@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To send mail to the group, simply address it to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To Unsubscribe from this group, visit the group's homepage and use the dropdown menu at the top. This will allow you to unsubscribe your email address or change your email settings to digest or vacation (no mail). //www.freelists.org/webpage/mso To be able to share files with the group, you must join our Yahoo sister group. This group will not allow for posting of emails, but will allow you to join and share problem files, templates, etc.: http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/MicrosoftOffice . This group is for FILE SHARING ONLY. If you are using Outlook and you see a lot of unnecessary code in your email messages, read these instructions that explain why and how to fix it: http://personal-computer-tutor.com/abc3/v28/greg28.htm *************************************************************