Chris Bedford
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Weird one. Or, it looks weird to me.
I have my iCloud contacts configured as the only address book in Outlook 2007. I previously had it syncing with the Outlook address book but that didn't work so well and I decided it was a waste of time, effort, and storage space ;-) so now it's just the iCloud address book and it works fine.
My iCloud contacts are syncing with my iPhone; Outlook lists them all if I select "Contacts" at the bottom left; and when composing new emails, if I type a name or address that is not in the .nk2 cache it looks up and successfully finds the right contact in the iCloud address book.
Weirdness comes in when I click the "Address Book" button in the standard toolbar, or the "To:" button in a new mail: both show me an empty address book.
In Address Book (shift-ctrl-B) Tools - Options I have iCloud in the top two boxes (Show this address list first and Keep personal addresses in) and the only option in the third (When sending, check names in these lists).
In Outlook's Account settings - Address Books there is only one option listed: Outlook Address Book, shown as type MAPI (which means it must be the iCloud address book, because that't the only MAPI account I have). But there are no options to change anything about this, or add any other address books.
Also from the main Outlook screen, selecting Contacts then right-clicking "Contacts in iCloud" then Properties, I do have the option selected for "Show this folder as an e-mail address book" and its name is "iCloud".
So it's not the end of the world that it doesn't work exactly as expected, but it can be a major annoyance to have to switch to a different screen to look up an address that should be accessible from within an email. Also it means I can't compile or edit mailing lists. Anyone with any ideas? Or is this an iCloud limitation?
I have my iCloud contacts configured as the only address book in Outlook 2007. I previously had it syncing with the Outlook address book but that didn't work so well and I decided it was a waste of time, effort, and storage space ;-) so now it's just the iCloud address book and it works fine.
My iCloud contacts are syncing with my iPhone; Outlook lists them all if I select "Contacts" at the bottom left; and when composing new emails, if I type a name or address that is not in the .nk2 cache it looks up and successfully finds the right contact in the iCloud address book.
Weirdness comes in when I click the "Address Book" button in the standard toolbar, or the "To:" button in a new mail: both show me an empty address book.
In Address Book (shift-ctrl-B) Tools - Options I have iCloud in the top two boxes (Show this address list first and Keep personal addresses in) and the only option in the third (When sending, check names in these lists).
In Outlook's Account settings - Address Books there is only one option listed: Outlook Address Book, shown as type MAPI (which means it must be the iCloud address book, because that't the only MAPI account I have). But there are no options to change anything about this, or add any other address books.
Also from the main Outlook screen, selecting Contacts then right-clicking "Contacts in iCloud" then Properties, I do have the option selected for "Show this folder as an e-mail address book" and its name is "iCloud".
So it's not the end of the world that it doesn't work exactly as expected, but it can be a major annoyance to have to switch to a different screen to look up an address that should be accessible from within an email. Also it means I can't compile or edit mailing lists. Anyone with any ideas? Or is this an iCloud limitation?