"chunnel" <chunnel@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote ...[color=blue]
> free Tech support. The problem is that Mail and Vista Contacts will not
> see
> my Outlook Contacts, so when I wish to fax using Windows Fax and Scan, I
> have
> to cut and past the number from Outlook instead of it just being there and
> in
> all the right Contact folders. Since I am out of my free service time
> with[/color]

Hi Chunnel,

For complicated historical and legal reasons, Outlook (the Office
application) does not use the same Contacts folder as Windows itself.
Whereas, Windows Mail and Fax both use the built-in Windows Contacts folder,
not the one installed as part of Outlook.

To synchronise the two, you need to export the contact information from
Outlook, for example to a CSV (comma-separated values) file. Then import
that CSV fiel into Windows Contacts.

In Outlook, oprn your Contacts section. Then go to the File menu, Import and
Export, and choose Export to a file. Click Next. Choose file type - CSV
Winodws is probably the best/easiest type of file. Click Next again. Your
Outlook Contacts folder will be already selected. Click next and save teh
file in some convenient location, such as your Desktop. Click Finish. It
will take a few seconds to run, and a new *.CSV file will appear on your
desktop.

Now, go to Start menu in Windows, Acessories, Contacts. Your Windows
Contacts will appear. From teh Toolbar, click Import. The "Import to Windows
Contacts" dialogue will appear. Select CSV in teh list of file types, and
click Import. Browse to te CSV file you created on your Desktop. You will be
presented with a mappings dialogue, where you can adjust the Outlook fields
to teh Windows Contacts fields. Usually, nothing needs to be changed here.
Then click OK to import the data into Windows Contacts. And, you're
finished.

There may be nifty utilities out there on the Net, to automatically
synchronise your Outlook and Windows Contacts. But otherwise, it's a matter
of manually transferring the data from one to the other. Of course if you
are on a corporate network, you can use Active Directory, for both Outlook
and your Windows Fax contacts.

Hope it helps,
--
Andrew McLaren
amclar (at) optusnet dot com dot au