Paul, Why not try this procedure: 1. select all the emails in the Newspapers folder 2. Press control-c to copy them to the clipboard 3. move to the "All schools" folder 4. Press control-v to paste the emails from the clipboard into the All schools folder. All the best, Cearbhall T: +353 (0)1 2864623 m: 08333 23487 E: omeadhrac@xxxxxxx -----Original Message----- From: vip_students-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:vip_students-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of paul halligan Sent: 11 December 2012 18:09 To: vip_students@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [vip_students] Re: copying email addresses in a folder hi flor no luck. am getting mixed up with the instructions. so i have a folder now called all schools i have a second folder called newspapers as a test i want to put the contacts from newspapers into all schools. can you clarify instructions again naming whch folder i am in at each stage?? apologies for confusion and i appreciate your patience. regards paul h ----- Original Message ----- From: "Flor Lynch" <florlync@xxxxxx> To: <vip_students@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Saturday, December 08, 2012 7:51 PM Subject: [vip_students] Re: copying email addresses in a folder > Hi Paul, > > The following will work with Windows XP, outlook Express, so can but hope > it will also work for you. > First, create the new folder in your Address Book. > that done, then, on each of the folders you want to copy from, press > <shift+F10>, goto copy and press <enter>. > Depending on how many addresses you are copying, it may take several > seconds. You can read selected item to get an idea. > Once copied, then you can move to the folder to be copied to, and paste > from the clipboard. > Repeat this for each of the other folders. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "paul halligan" <tigerone@xxxxxxxxxx> > To: <vip_students@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Friday, December 07, 2012 10:13 PM > Subject: [vip_students] copying email addresses in a folder > > >> hi folks, >> >> i have 6 folders in my address book whose contents i want to put into >> just one folder thus creating one group to send emails to, however though >> i can select all the members in a folder i cannot copy them to put into >> the one big folder i am creating. >> >> can anyone assist >> >> many thanks >> paul h >> >> > >