>Can someone please explain to me the difference between the two address books called "Outlook Address Book" and "Contacts" ? Here's a pretty good explanation that I swiped from on of the Outlook MVPs....... The Outlook Address Book is a virtual address book that shows electronic addresses (fax & e-mail) from flagged contact folders. Its purpose is to make selection of electronic address easier when you're creating new messages or when you need to access Contact information form other programs (such as a mail merge from Word). Entries you make in the Contact Folder will show up in the Outlook Address Book since the OAB is a virtual address book that's generated out of the Contact folder. In Internet Mail only mode, the OAB can be shared with Outlook Express and the Windows Address Book, so entries will show up there as well if sharing is enabled. If you're using Outlook in Corporate Wordgroup mode, you can remove the Outlook Address Book Service if you wish, but I suspect you'll soon run into a function you'll miss having. In Internet Mail Only mode, the OAB is installed by default. -- Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] ---------------------------------------------- Hope that helps.... Dian D. Chapman Technical Consultant, Microsoft MVP & Instructor Free Tutorials: www.mousetrax.com/techtrax Free Word Tips & Tricks eBook: www.mousetrax.com/books.html Learn VBA the easy way, thru video! www.mousetrax.com/techcourses.html ************************************************************* 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 *************************************************************