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Hi,
I have read other threads that suggest that there is no way to duplicate a contact in BCM 2007. (Specifically, that feature was removed from BCM 2007.)
I have a hard time believing this.
What option is available for duplicating contacts in BCM? If I add a client company, and there ten or twenty individuals that I need to add to BCM, do I need to create each new contact individually? That is a lot of work.
I must be missing something.
Thanks for any advice.
Jeff
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On Dec 8, 5:52 am, Jeff <J...[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
[Quoted Text] > Hi, > > I have read other threads that suggest that there is no way to duplicate a > contact in BCM 2007. (Specifically, that feature was removed from BCM 2007.) > > I have a hard time believing this. > > What option is available for duplicating contacts in BCM? If I add a client > company, and there ten or twenty individuals that I need to add to BCM, do I > need to create each new contact individually? That is a lot of work. > > I must be missing something. > > Thanks for any advice. > > Jeff
Try this:
Create one contact. Drag, copy it to Outlook Contacts, Drag, copy it from Outlook Contacts to BCM Business Contacts to create new ones with the same data.
There may be a simpler way, but the above should work.
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Hi Luther,
Thanks for the information. Your suggestion works great. (It seems kind of backward that we need to go about it in that way; but, the goal is accomplished.)
Thanks for your help.
Jeff
"Luther" wrote:
[Quoted Text] > On Dec 8, 5:52 am, Jeff <J...[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I have read other threads that suggest that there is no way to duplicate a > > contact in BCM 2007. (Specifically, that feature was removed from BCM 2007.) > > > > I have a hard time believing this. > > > > What option is available for duplicating contacts in BCM? If I add a client > > company, and there ten or twenty individuals that I need to add to BCM, do I > > need to create each new contact individually? That is a lot of work. > > > > I must be missing something. > > > > Thanks for any advice. > > > > Jeff > > Try this: > > Create one contact. > Drag, copy it to Outlook Contacts, > Drag, copy it from Outlook Contacts to BCM Business Contacts to create > new ones with the same data. > > There may be a simpler way, but the above should work. >
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Hi Jeff
I have posted a workaround to create Business contact from the same company at blogs.msdn.com/rathomas -- Regards
Rahul Thomas [MSFT]
"Jeff" <Jeff[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:8876A684-EA1B-4680-B09A-84618EAC9909[ at ]microsoft.com...
[Quoted Text] > Hi Luther, > > Thanks for the information. Your suggestion works great. (It seems kind of > backward that we need to go about it in that way; but, the goal is > accomplished.) > > Thanks for your help. > > Jeff > > "Luther" wrote: > >> On Dec 8, 5:52 am, Jeff <J...[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: >> > Hi, >> > >> > I have read other threads that suggest that there is no way to >> > duplicate a >> > contact in BCM 2007. (Specifically, that feature was removed from BCM >> > 2007.) >> > >> > I have a hard time believing this. >> > >> > What option is available for duplicating contacts in BCM? If I add a >> > client >> > company, and there ten or twenty individuals that I need to add to BCM, >> > do I >> > need to create each new contact individually? That is a lot of work. >> > >> > I must be missing something. >> > >> > Thanks for any advice. >> > >> > Jeff >> >> Try this: >> >> Create one contact. >> Drag, copy it to Outlook Contacts, >> Drag, copy it from Outlook Contacts to BCM Business Contacts to create >> new ones with the same data. >> >> There may be a simpler way, but the above should work. >>
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Hi Raul,
Thanks for your reply.
The problem with the solution you recommended is that the contact that is created is created with the fields from Outlook, not Business Contact Manager. (In other words, there are a number of fields which are available in a BCM contact that aren't available in a standard Outlook contact.)
Any ideas how to work around this problem?
Thanks
Jeff
"Raul Thomas" wrote:
[Quoted Text] > Hi Jeff > > I have posted a workaround to create Business contact from the same company > at > blogs.msdn.com/rathomas > -- > Regards > > Rahul Thomas [MSFT] > > "Jeff" <Jeff[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > news:8876A684-EA1B-4680-B09A-84618EAC9909[ at ]microsoft.com... > > Hi Luther, > > > > Thanks for the information. Your suggestion works great. (It seems kind of > > backward that we need to go about it in that way; but, the goal is > > accomplished.) > > > > Thanks for your help. > > > > Jeff > > > > "Luther" wrote: > > > >> On Dec 8, 5:52 am, Jeff <J...[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: > >> > Hi, > >> > > >> > I have read other threads that suggest that there is no way to > >> > duplicate a > >> > contact in BCM 2007. (Specifically, that feature was removed from BCM > >> > 2007.) > >> > > >> > I have a hard time believing this. > >> > > >> > What option is available for duplicating contacts in BCM? If I add a > >> > client > >> > company, and there ten or twenty individuals that I need to add to BCM, > >> > do I > >> > need to create each new contact individually? That is a lot of work. > >> > > >> > I must be missing something. > >> > > >> > Thanks for any advice. > >> > > >> > Jeff > >> > >> Try this: > >> > >> Create one contact. > >> Drag, copy it to Outlook Contacts, > >> Drag, copy it from Outlook Contacts to BCM Business Contacts to create > >> new ones with the same data. > >> > >> There may be a simpler way, but the above should work. > >>
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