Importing address book in Outlook 2007

I just installed Outlook 2007. I have 2 problems. I am using Windows 7 Home Premium. I can't import my address book from Windows Live, Hotmail or Gmail. I have searched and can find only the opposite (to export). I have exported from Windows Live,Hotmail and Gmail, but they are different and won't work. The other problem is I can't change the stationary. It is grayed out and says no other themes installed. I reinstalled the themes and put in the extras. I have folders named stationary that has files in them. you can click on them and see them. I can't find a way to tell the program where they are. Any help will be appreciated.

Thanks, Clint

Re your [first}problem importing an Address book into MS {Office} Outlook 2007...
See if this link provides you with some help.

Importing and Exporting Address Books in MS Outlook 2007 | Information Technologies | University of Calgary

JMH said:

Re your [first}problem importing an Address book into MS {Office} Outlook 2007...
See if this link provides you with some help.

Importing and Exporting Address Books in MS Outlook 2007 | Information Technologies | University of Calgary

Thanks, I didn't know another box would come up after selecting files. It did import them somewhat. It only imported the addresses, and not the names. The names were half the address. I had to edit every one of the 84. But that was better than re typing all of them. That took care of one issue. Now I have another. They only show up in contacts, not in the Address book. When I tell it to show contacts it says it is empty. Any thoughts. Still can't change stationary either. It has been a challenge.

Thanks, Clint

koolkat77 said:

could you try repairing the install?,even though you said you just installed it

Thanks koolkat77, I did that too. Just didn't mention it.

Well we are part way there...

Now re the stationary.
See if these links provide you with further information...

How do I create new themes and/or stationary in outlook 2007? - microsoft.public.outlook.general | Microsoft Newsgroups

Managing custom stationery and themes for Outlook 2007 | Windows Reference

Change the look of stationery - Outlook - Office.com

VSS Knowledge Base - Managing custom stationery and themes for Outlook

Remove or change backgrounds and stationery on replies and forwards - Outlook - Office.com

Fonts, sizes and color settings of the Outlook interface | HowTo-Outlook

Add new stationary for HTML email messages in Outlook 2007 - Microsoft Answers

Where do I find…? | HowTo-Outlook

JMH said:

Well we are part way there...

Now re the stationary.
See if these links provide you with further information...

How do I create new themes and/or stationary in outlook 2007? - microsoft.public.outlook.general | Microsoft Newsgroups

Managing custom stationery and themes for Outlook 2007 | Windows Reference

Change the look of stationery - Outlook - Office.com

VSS Knowledge Base - Managing custom stationery and themes for Outlook

Remove or change backgrounds and stationery on replies and forwards - Outlook - Office.com

Fonts, sizes and color settings of the Outlook interface | HowTo-Outlook

Add new stationary for HTML email messages in Outlook 2007 - Microsoft Answers

Where do I find…? | HowTo-Outlook

Thanks, I tried all those. None worked. I even did another repair install. I read in one of those links that it couldn't be done. I believe it. It did do one thing though. It made Outlook my default mail program that I didn't want. and it wasn't checked. Luckily when I started Windows Live, It ask me if I wanted W/L to be my default, I said yes. Now every thing is back to normal.