[Bob Brannon]

Hello,

I have several addresses in my contacts which have all had their domain changed (eg. from @1.whatever to @2.else). Because the new domain would be the same for all addresses effected, would it be possible to change them all with some global edit?

Regards,
Bob Brannon

[Kuay Tim]

Hi Bob,

All entries could be exported as a comma-separated values file and then
opened in Word or WordPad to make the substitutions. You'd want to remove
the entries in the address book either by moving them to a stand alone
address book file (as a backup) or deleting before importing the edited
entries.

More Information
http://home.earthlink.net/~kuaytim/exportwab.htm

--
Tim K.
aka Kuay Tim
MS-MVP - (IE/OE)
Lynnwood, WA
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"Bob Brannon" <bbran@3rivers.net> wrote in message
news:uJUOPF1eFHA.3712@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
Hello,

I have several addresses in my contacts which have all had their domain
changed (eg. from @1.whatever to @2.else). Because the new domain would be
the same for all addresses effected, would it be possible to change them all
with some global edit?

Regards,
Bob Brannon

[Bob Brannon]

Hello Tim,

Thanks for your suggestion. I used that method. I see that my address book is now 6 times as big a file as it was before the change, with the same number of entries. It went from 345KB to 1911KB. Any idea why and how to reduce it?

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Regards,
Bob Brannon


"Kuay Tim" <TimJohn@msn.com> wrote in message news:u3Vzr52eFHA.3712@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
Hi Bob,

All entries could be exported as a comma-separated values file and then
opened in Word or WordPad to make the substitutions. You'd want to remove
the entries in the address book either by moving them to a stand alone
address book file (as a backup) or deleting before importing the edited
entries.

More Information
http://home.earthlink.net/~kuaytim/exportwab.htm

--
Tim K.
aka Kuay Tim
MS-MVP - (IE/OE)
Lynnwood, WA
*
"Bob Brannon" <bbran@3rivers.net> wrote in message
news:uJUOPF1eFHA.3712@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
Hello,

I have several addresses in my contacts which have all had their domain
changed (eg. from @1.whatever to @2.else). Because the new domain would be
the same for all addresses effected, would it be possible to change them all
with some global edit?

Regards,
Bob Brannon

[Kuay Tim]

Hi Bob,

I don't know what caused the size to increase dramatically. Did you import
entries into an empty book? The address book could be renamed keeping the
same extension (.wab). A new default book will be created when Outlook
Express starts. Then import entries from the renamed WAB file. Sorry I don't
have a definitive answer.

--
Tim K.
aka Kuay Tim
MS-MVP - (IE/OE)
Lynnwood, WA
*
"Bob Brannon" <bbran@3rivers.net> wrote in message
news:uszKmM%23eFHA.2888@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
Hello Tim,

Thanks for your suggestion. I used that method. I see that my address book
is now 6 times as big a file as it was before the change, with the same
number of entries. It went from 345KB to 1911KB. Any idea why and how to
reduce it?

--

Regards,
Bob Brannon


"Kuay Tim" <TimJohn@msn.com> wrote in message
news:u3Vzr52eFHA.3712@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
Hi Bob,

All entries could be exported as a comma-separated values file and then
opened in Word or WordPad to make the substitutions. You'd want to remove
the entries in the address book either by moving them to a stand alone
address book file (as a backup) or deleting before importing the edited
entries.

More Information
http://home.earthlink.net/~kuaytim/exportwab.htm

--
Tim K.
aka Kuay Tim
MS-MVP - (IE/OE)
Lynnwood, WA
*
"Bob Brannon" <bbran@3rivers.net> wrote in message
news:uJUOPF1eFHA.3712@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
Hello,

I have several addresses in my contacts which have all had their domain
changed (eg. from @1.whatever to @2.else). Because the new domain would be
the same for all addresses effected, would it be possible to change them all
with some global edit?

Regards,
Bob Brannon

[Bob Brannon]

Yes, I did import the entries into an empty book. I'll try your suggestion below.

I tried that and it reduced it to 888KB from 1911KB, but that is still over twice as big as the 345KB before I changed those 20-40 addresses.

Any other ideas or where to go to get more ideas? If it is too much trouble I will just leave it. Just thought there might be something easy.

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Regards,
Bob Brannon


"Kuay Tim" <TimJohn@msn.com> wrote in message news:eWO9phDfFHA.1148@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
Hi Bob,

I don't know what caused the size to increase dramatically. Did you import
entries into an empty book? The address book could be renamed keeping the
same extension (.wab). A new default book will be created when Outlook
Express starts. Then import entries from the renamed WAB file. Sorry I don't
have a definitive answer.

--
Tim K.
aka Kuay Tim
MS-MVP - (IE/OE)
Lynnwood, WA
*
"Bob Brannon" <bbran@3rivers.net> wrote in message
news:uszKmM%23eFHA.2888@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
Hello Tim,

Thanks for your suggestion. I used that method. I see that my address book
is now 6 times as big a file as it was before the change, with the same
number of entries. It went from 345KB to 1911KB. Any idea why and how to
reduce it?

--

Regards,
Bob Brannon


"Kuay Tim" <TimJohn@msn.com> wrote in message
news:u3Vzr52eFHA.3712@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
Hi Bob,

All entries could be exported as a comma-separated values file and then
opened in Word or WordPad to make the substitutions. You'd want to remove
the entries in the address book either by moving them to a stand alone
address book file (as a backup) or deleting before importing the edited
entries.

More Information
http://home.earthlink.net/~kuaytim/exportwab.htm

--
Tim K.
aka Kuay Tim
MS-MVP - (IE/OE)
Lynnwood, WA
*
"Bob Brannon" <bbran@3rivers.net> wrote in message
news:uJUOPF1eFHA.3712@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
Hello,

I have several addresses in my contacts which have all had their domain
changed (eg. from @1.whatever to @2.else). Because the new domain would be
the same for all addresses effected, would it be possible to change them all
with some global edit?

Regards,
Bob Brannon