Sounds pretty clear to me. I never knew there were folders in the address book.
I will try it out. Thank you, Patti -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of David Ferrin Sent: Tuesday, October 24, 2006 4:10 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [jaws-users] creating distribution lists Yes mam, thank you. David Ferrin personal email address [EMAIL PROTECTED] Consciousness is that annoying time between naps. ----- Original Message ----- From: Patti To: [email protected] Sent: Monday, October 23, 2006 11:31 PM Subject: Re: [jaws-users] creating distribution lists Hey David, I hope this is what you want. This is for outlook express 5-6. Create a group of contacts You can create a single group name (or alias) to use when sending a message to several contacts at once. Simply create a group name and add individual contacts to the group. Then, just type the group name in the To box when you send e-mail. List of 4 items (contains 1 nested list) 1. In the Address Book, select the folder in which you want to create a group. Click New on the toolbar, and then click New Group. 2. The Properties dialog box opens. In the Group Name box, type the name of the group. 3. There are several ways to add people to the group: List of 4 items nesting level 1 . To add a person from your Address Book list, click Select Members, and then click a name from the Address Book list. . To add a person directly to the group without adding the name to your Address Book, type the person's name and e-mail address in the lower half of the Properties dialog box, and then click Add. . To add a person to both the group and your Address Book, click New Contact and fill in the appropriate information. . To use a directory service, click Select Members, and then click Find. Select a directory service from the drop-down list at the end of the text box. After finding and selecting an address, it is automatically added to your Address Book. list end nesting level 1 4. Repeat for each addition until your group is defined. list end Note List of 2 items . To view a list of your groups separately from the Address Book listings, in the Address Book, on the View menu, make sure that Folders and Groups is selected. . You can create multiple groups, and contacts can belong to more than one group. list end Add a contact to an existing group To add a contact to an existing group List of 2 items (contains 1 nested list) 1. In the Address Book list, double-click the group you want. The group's Properties dialog box opens. 2. You can add people to the group in several ways -and in some cases you can add them to your Address Book as well. List of 4 items nesting level 1 . To add a person from your Address Book list, click Select Members, and then click a name from theAddress Book list. Click Select, and then click OK. . To use a directory service (use the drop-down list at the end of the text box to see directories you have added to Outlook Express), click Select Members, and then click Find. Select a directory service to search, enter your search criteria, and when you find the person, click Select, and then click OK. This person's name and e-mail address is added to your Address Book. . To add a person directly to the group without adding the name to your Address Book, type the person's name and e-mail address in the boxes provided in the lower half of the dialog box, and then click Add. . To add a person to both the group and your Address Book, click New Contact, fill in the appropriate information, and click OK. list end nesting level 1 list end ----- Original Message ----- From: David Ferrin To: [email protected] Sent: Monday, October 23, 2006 7:40 AM Subject: [jaws-users] creating distribution lists I was just reviewing the tips and tricks page and it occurs to me that although there are instructions for posting to multiple contacts in your address book they stop short of explaining how to put such a list of people in to a single contact group. I could work on this myself of course but if somebody out there already might happen to have these instructions ready to go then I wouldn't need to reinvent the wheel so to speak. David Ferrin personal email address [EMAIL PROTECTED] Consciousness is that annoying time between naps. 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