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Select a name in a Word document then create a Contact
How to use a macro to capture a name and email address in a Word document (such as a resume) and create a contact for that person.
One or more members of this contact group cannot be found
How to fix shared contact groups that error with "One or more members of this contact group cannot be found."
Understanding Outlook's new Contact Cards
Outlook 2013's Contacts have a new default view called People and a new Contact Cards.
Outlook 2013's Linked Contacts
Outlook 2013 has a neat feature where all contacts for a person are linked together and the aggregate data from all of the linked contacts is displayed on a contact card, with the source of the data listed on the contact card.
Contact Card does not update the user Title or Office in Outlook and OCS
When you hover over an address on an email message, the Outlook - OCS 2007 R2 integration displays incorrect user contact information. In this particular case, popup shows previous title of the user. The GAL is showing latest info.
Send email to all addresses for one Contact
How to send an email message to all addresses assigned to a Microsoft Outlook contact.
Contacts are Grouping in Two Groups of (none)
We occasionally get complaints from people who are using a group by view on Contacts and they have two groups of "(none)", often when grouping by Company or Country (because they are common fields to group by), but grouping by almost any field can result in two different (none) groups. This can happen with contacts
Using VBA to Change Business Card Image & Layout
While you can create a custom form that will apply to all new contacts, the business card image on existing contacts won't be updated. This is to preserve any business cards you may have already updated. If you really want to update the business card image on your contacts, you can use VBA to quickly make the change. We have code samples to change both the card image and the layout with BusinessCardLayoutXml.
Macro to Swap First and Last Name Fields
Outlook lets you set the default full name order in Options. You can choose between 'First (Middle) Last' or 'Last First' (no comma separator), as well as 'First Last1 Last2'. The traditional format of 'Last, First', with a comma separator, is also supported by default. Outlook is smart enough to properly assign the names to
Company Name Exceeds 40 Characters
The Company Name field in Outlook's Contacts are limited to 40 characters when you use the Outlook Hotmail Connector and the Notes field is limited to 1024 characters.
