Hi All (and especiallyTam) The eventual solution to the whole saga of applying my contacts to the address book was the inevitable, I guess. After really trying EVERYTHING I exported my mails etc. as a pst file, uninstalled the outlook by reinstalling the rest of office without outlook. After all that was done, I then re-installed outlook and imported mail and contact list. Everything then came right and all is well. Thanks again to Tam who pointed me in the right direction and when re-installing I was then abe to make the correct decisions. Errol ************************************************************* 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 *************************************************************