OL98: Some Manual Journal Entries Are Not Logged to Contacts
Article ID: 181271
Article Last Modified on 10/2/1999
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Outlook 98 Standard Edition
This article was previously published under Q181271
SYMPTOMS
In Microsoft Outlook 98, a manual Journal entry may not be logged to the
Contact's Journal page.
CAUSE
You started the entry from the Journal folder with a New Journal entry,
and used the Address Book to retrieve the Contact's name for the
Journal entry.
RESOLUTION
To log a manual Journal entry to a Contact, you must either initiate the
manual entry from the open Contact record, or select the Contact's name
from the Global or Personal Address Book.
Start the Entry from the Open Contact
To start the manual entry from the open Contact, follow these steps:
- Open the Contact record.
- Click the Journal tab.
- Click New Journal Entry and enter the desired information.
- Click Save and then Close.
The entry will now be logged properly.
Start the Entry from the Journal Folder
To start the manual entry from the Journal folder, follow these steps:
- In the Journal folder, click New Journal.
- Type an entry on the Subject line.
- Click Address Book next to the Contact line.
- Select the Contact name from the Global Address Book or the Personal
Address Book, or type in the name and resolve it by clicking
Check Names.
- Click Save and then Close.
- In the Contacts folder, click the Contact chosen in step 4.
- Click the Journal tab.
The entry is now logged to the Contact as expected.
REFERENCES
For more information on Contact Journaling, please see the following
article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
180975
OL98: Contact Not Listed in the Journal Contact List
Keywords: KB181271