Adress Book vs Contacts?

[FF/PM]

I don't pay much attention to the two, but is there a difference? I noticed
that there may be when I tried to send an email to a group I had already set
up in the Outlook contacts folder (and has been working fine), then today I
tried to send a message to that group and the group will show up in the 'To'
field, but the group is now empty. When I look that group up in the Address
Book, it is empty. The Outlook group is still full, but Outlook wont load
that group to send it. I would prefer to use just the Contact folder, but is
there a way to turn the address book off? Thanks!

 

[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

They are one in the same. The Outlook Address Book is simply a dynamic view
of the electronic addresses stored in your Contact Folder(s). It should
appear blank in the address book view. Your Contact Folders are listed
beneath it and contain your data. More information here:
http://home.indy.rr.com/russval/addressbook.htm