Hi Lucy,
In my experience and (I suspect) that of many others, the ideas
"Outlook" and "useble shared contacts database" don't go well together.
Outlook handles "contacts folders" and distribution lists, but runs into
trouble any time real database features are needed.
Take a look at the Business Contact Manager add-in for Outlook 2003 at
http://www.microsoft.com/office/outlook/contactmanager/prodinfo/default.mspx
Last time I looked, this seemed as if it would only be suitable for very
small businesses (one or two PCs), but it might meet your needs.
If your company has an Exchange server you could use public folders to
store a shared contacts folder. You'd get the usual Outlook features
such as distribution lists, but no real database facilities.
You might get better results if you think of this as an Outlook question
rather than an Access one: take a look at www.slipstick.com and maybe
post a question in an Outlook forum.
On Mon, 5 Jun 2006 16:23:01 -0700, Lucy <Lucy[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com>
wrote:
[Quoted Text] >My company wants to take all it's records in Access and convert them into a
>usable contacts database that we can all share in Outlook. What is the
>easiest & fastest way to do that without nay major programming or having to
>purchase any additional software.
>
>Lucy
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