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HOW DO I COPY MY CONTACTS FILE?

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Pommy
14 yrs ago

I have decided , belatedly, to update to Office 2007, but before I do, I want to save my contacts list to my remote drive? No matter what I try I can;t do it. I get all the names, but not the email addresses. HELP.

Please don't tell me that Office 2007 is about to upgraded to whatever. Believe me, I am not averse to change, but change for the sake of making a few more millions for Bill Gates annoys me. The only reason I am upgrading now is that I get too many communications that I can't read.

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It all depends what you are using at the moment.

If you are using Outlook Express and wish to import your address book to Outlook (which comes with Office 2007) then instructions are at http://support.microsoft.com/kb/196215



If you wish to save your Outlook Express book to a external drive then go to http://support.microsoft.com/kb/270670

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Mak
14 yrs ago

Hi Pommy,



If you are using Windows XP then follow the info from Fwed.

If you update to Windows 7 then you will find Outlook Express is 'gone with the wind'. Gates and his cronies added

Windows Live Mail which is a programme in the 'cloud'. (More info on the internet).

Outlook is not bundled with Office 2007 either, and has to be purchased separately. Office 2007 Student in a Windows 7 new computer is a limited use 'trial' and also has to be purchased.



Here is a link to a tutorial for saving your address book in a separate folder.



http://www.freeemailtutorials.com/outlookExpress/backupOutlookExpress/backupAddressBookContacts.cwd



Good Luck!

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Mak
14 yrs ago

Pommy,

If you want an office programme which has all, and more, features than Microsoft Office, then OpenOffice is a free programme. (no strings attached download on the Internet). It has no sp*am, viruses, trojans or other rubbish.

Highly recommended by 'INFO AVE', a great site for computer tips and tricks. Also great, free, fancy stationary for Outlook Express.

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Pommy
14 yrs ago

Thank you all for your help, I knew there would be someone out there who could help. I am going to have a play this weekend. I have windows 7, Vista, and use Outlook, so looks like I am in trouble before I start.



Gizmo, I have heard that Open Office is excellent, the only problem is that it apparently doesn't have an equivalent to Publisher or Power Point, both of which I use a lot.

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