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OL97: Some Countries Not in Contact Address List

Article ID: 176054

Article Last Modified on 2/23/2007

Microsoft Outlook 97 Standard Edition

This article was previously published under Q176054

SYMPTOMS

The country you need for a contact's address does not appear in the list of countries in Microsoft Outlook 97.

CAUSE

The list contains the most frequently used countries.

RESOLUTION

To add a country manually, follow these steps:

Click the Contacts icon in the Outlook Bar.
On the File menu, point to New, and click Contact.
After typing the contact's Full Name and any other information into the Contact form, click Address.
Type the address details into the appropriate box, and click OK.

NOTE: If a country name already appears in the Country box, select the text, press DELETE, then type the desired country name into the box.
Click Save And Close.

NOTE: You can also type certain valid abbreviations, and Outlook will change it to the country name. Some examples:

   PRC   changes to   China
   UK    changes to   United Kingdom
   GDR   changes to   Germany
   CDN   changes to   Canada

REFERENCES

For more information about Contacts, type create contacts in the Office Assistant, click Search, and then click to view "Create contacts."

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