Duplicated Contacts list are displayed when you open a Personal Address Book file in Outlook 2002 (282630)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Outlook 2002
This article was previously published under Q282630

SYMPTOMS

When do a mail merge in Microsoft Word and you use a Microsoft Outlook Personal Address Book (PAB) as the data source, duplicate entries from your Contacts list are displayed rather than items in the PAB.

WORKAROUND

To work around this issue and get your contacts from the PAB, follow these steps:
  1. Start Outlook.
  2. On the Tools menu, click Address Book.
  3. In the Address Book dialog box, click Options on the Tools menu.
  4. Change "Keep personal addresses in" to "Personal Address Book.
  5. Under Keep personal addresses in, click Personal Address Book.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.
Modification Type:MinorLast Reviewed:9/27/2006
Keywords:kbaddressbook kbbug kbnofix KB282630
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