Display by Categories

[Judy]

I'm mystified. In Contacts, when I try to Display by Categories, many
(most) of the categories I've assigned do not display. How can this be?
Doesn't this display use the list of categories established in the
contact data base?

Any idea how I can get them ALL to display?

Thanks!

 

[Judy Gleeson]

The view shows all Contacts and their category. If you have a category but
no-one is in it then that category won't show. The only place to see the
existence of that category is the Master Category list.

Ungroup them (show the Group By box and drag the header button "Category"
out of it) you can group the contacts by any field. Once you group by
category, you can drag people from the "none" group to the "married" group
(for example). It's the fastest way to categorise.

I hope this helps.

Judy Gleeson
Director
Acorn Training
"we're nuts about Outlook productivity"

 

[Judy]

Mine isn't working that way. For example, I have a couple of contacts
categorized as "attorney" and "accountant." When I view address cards
and then pull up their individual contact info, the category is right
there. But when I choose "By Category" as the current view, those
categories are nowhere to be found and, of course, the folks so
categorized are not listed. Another category, Realtors, which should
show many, many contacts, shows one.

Any ideas???

Just to test, I went to the contact info for the accountant I was
looking for, deleted the category, re-selected it. The Accountant
category still doesn't show up in a sort by category. (And, thus,
neither does the accountant.)

Peculiar, no?