Errol...I think the easiest way to do this is export your contacts to an Excel file....then sort the file in Excel by the column that contains the duplicates...once the duplicates are side by side, it should be pretty easy to delete them pretty quickly...then just import it back into Outlook. Like Neil said, the reason Outook isn't seeing them as duplicates is because they aren't EXACT duplicates...so it might be easier for you to clean them up in Excel. Linda F. Johnson, M.A., MOS Linda's Computer Stop http://personal-computer-tutor.com Free e-Books, Newsletter, and tutorials -----Original Message----- From: mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Errol & Estelle Sapir Sent: Saturday, December 06, 2003 2:47 AM To: mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [mso] Re: double entries Neil Thanks for your reply and for the other times you have come to my aid. Errol -----Original Message----- From: mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Neil Atwood Sent: Saturday, December 06, 2003 7:39 AM To: mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [mso] Re: double entries My guess as to the reason why it imported so many 'duplicates', is that they aren't strictly duplicates. It only takes one character to be different for Outlook to see them as different. If that's the case, I don't know of any other way other than manual weeding out... :-( Regards ************************************************************* 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, send an email to mso-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" (without the quotes) in the subject line. Or, visit the group's homepage and use the dropdown menu. This will also allow you to change your email settings to digest or vacation (no mail). //www.freelists.org/webpage/mso To be able to use the files section for sharing files with the group, send a request to mso-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx and you will be sent an invitation with instructions. Once you are a member of the files group, you can go here to upload/download files: http://www.smartgroups.com/vault/msofiles *************************************************************