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by gmulrain

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Anybody out there know how I can share out my contact list, and have that person be able to view that list in their address book drop down list? Right now the contacts are shared with all rights, the person who needs them was able to place the listin the drop down list, but the list shows up as blank.

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by utken

Share a contact list

1 Set up a public folder.

If you create a new Contacts folder instead of copying an existing Contacts folder, be sure to select Contacts as the type of folder you want to create.

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2 Add contacts to the contact list.

3 Send a shortcut to the public folder in a mail message to those you gave permission to use the folder.

Note To have the shared contact list appear in the Outlook Address Book, public folder users must set up the public folder of contacts to appear in the Address Book dialog box. When the shared contact list appears as an Outlook Address Book, it's available to use for Mail Merge in Word and to check names in mail messages in Outlook. For information about how to set up a contacts folder to display in the Address Book,

by gmulrain

Does the contact folder have to be public? Can I delegate someone to access my contacts and then only have them make a shortcut to it on their outlook bar. If the option to show this folder as an address book is grayed out, how do I get access to that?

by ktrobee

A Public folder is the way to go. If the option to show this folder as an address book is grayed out, you need to go into Tools|Services and add Outlook Address Book. You will need to close and reopen Outlook for it to take effect.

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