Outlook Classic on desktop suddenly showing Contacts in 'new Outlook' format

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Jayn

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Outlook 365 64 bit
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POP3
Operating system::    Win 10 x64 updated
Outlook version:     365 MSO (V 2608)
Email type or host:    POP own emails, Exch > Hotmail
Just had nasty shock. Using my Office 365 on Win 10x64 (shortly to move to new PC) I went to search for a contact. I noticed that search seemed to be taking ages and did not find (I had the Contacts in a customised 'Xmas card' view).
Switching to 'People' view, I was confronted by the ghastly, dumbed down 'AB' 'BC' type coloured icons that I have seen in Outlook.com
(this 'People' view may be a new view slyly inserted by Outlook and not noticed by yours truly - when I go to 'Business Cards', my usual view, it reverts to the 'usual' text only Outlook view of contacts).
My question is... is this 'People' view new, and is it just a new way for Outlook to display local .pst data (fine, though I won't use), or are all my contact currently being hoovered into Microsoft for their personal profit? (not so fine)
(I have to use Hotmail/Outlook.com occasionally for a local residents' association, and find it appallingly slow and clunky. Generally I use the 'Connector' thang to sync the Association's emails and contacts so they show in my desktop Outlook also, which works fairly fine.
Thanks.
 
People view has been around for years... and honestly, it's useless for the most part. I prefer the phone or list view. If you have duplicates, it should merge them in the view - while leaving them as separate contacts in other views. Outlook is behind the merging, not Microsoft online.

As for search, it's been buggy lately, especially with non-Exchange accounts.

Generally I use the 'Connector' thang to sync the Association's emails and contacts so they show in my desktop Outlook also, which works fairly fine.
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The Hotmail Connector? That has been gone for years too. You need to add hotmail accounts using autoaccount setup as Exchange accounts.
 
Hi Diane, nice to see you are alive, lively and kicking... so few experts around nowadays, meaning you end up wading through lots of uninformed opinions on forums now.
"People view has been around for years." - Phew! and Whoops, I use Outlook non-stop (the only way I know what I am doing each day) but am a bit of a stick in a mud and stick to the same old options (though I do customise views a lot).
"Outlook is behind the merging, not Microsoft online." - not sure how .com does the merging of contact info, but it doesn't seem very bright to me. You can end up with phantom contacts which show up in Search but are not visible as entries. Very odd.
"The Hotmail Connector? That has been gone for years too. You need to add hotmail accounts using autoaccount setup as Exchange accounts."
Thanks, I'm way behind on moving from Win 10 to Win 11 on my main PC as it is an old but beefy Xeon number and I'll be moving to a whole new (already purchased and pristine) HP PC shortly, once I figure how to transfer a few desktop versions of now online-only apps (like QuickBooks). Sort of treating my Win 10 Xeon as an unexploded land mine which needs to be handled with care and only fiddled with when necessary!
Have a great weekend.
 
You can end up with phantom contacts which show up in Search but are not visible as entries. Very odd.
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Are you using the Find People search on the ribbon or actually searching contacts? When you open the contact, check the menu and try to save it. Does it say Save contact or Edit contact? If it says Save, it's an autocomplete address.
www.slipstick.com

Search People Finds Contacts That Don't Exist | Slipstick Systems

Search People (formerly Find a Contact) results include addresses from the auto-complete list.
www.slipstick.com www.slipstick.com
 
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