How do i sync contacts in a Public folder in Outlook to the contacts
fodler in my personal folder?
i use a laptop for my desk at work asd well aswhen i travel. for
example, when i'm traveling i input new contacts and also bring back
new business cards to be input by my assistant. i have my assistant
input the new contacts into the contacts fodler in the public folder
so that everyone else in the office can access the contact. i don't
know how to sync these 2 fodlers.
please help, i need detailed instructions as i am not very computer
savy.
to clarify: how do i keep my contacts in my personal folder in sync
with the office contacts in the public folder? is there a utility or
macro that will do this?

Dear jacksoncoker-ga,

Outlook itself, as you've probably found out, doesn't provide any
built-in means to do this; and unfortunately, most of the utilities
which I have located to synchronise contacts between public and
private Contacts folders will do it only in one direction, which would
only handle half of your problem.

This said, I have located one utility which claims to be able to
synchronise Contacts both ways:

"QSync for Outlook: Copies items between Outlook folders. Can be used
to synchronize folders between PST files on two different machines,
copy calendar entries to a public folder, or back up data to another
PST file."
  - http://www.slipstick.com/outlook/sync.htm

You can obtain QSync from:

http://www.outlookfolders.biz/Lang/English/QSync/qsync1.htm

By selecting the public folder as the target folder for
synchronisation to/from your private Contacts folder, and selecting
synchronisation both "to target" and "from target", you should achieve
the results you want. You may also want to select automatic
synchronisation (to avoid having to manually select
"Tools/Synchronize" to update the two folders) and also "Synchronise
deleted objects".

If this solution doesn't work well for you, another possibility would
be a two-part solution - you could use one of the other utilities
listed on that page (http://www.slipstick.com/outlook/sync.htm) to
synchronise your contacts into the public folder for the rest of the
office to share, and meanwhile grant your assistant the ability to
enter contacts directly into your personal Contacts folder using the
"Permissions" page in its properties, which they could then access
using "File"/"Open"/"Other User's Folder..."

If this answer isn't quite what you're looking for, or if you need
more detailed instructions, please feel free to request a
clarification.

cerebrate-ga

Search strategy:

Google Microsoft search, "sync Outlook folders" -
://www.google.com/microsoft?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=sync+Outlook+folders