ShareContacts for Outlook

CNET Editors' review

by: CNET staff on February 10, 2010

Software developer 4Team specializes in add-in tools for Microsoft's Office and Outlook suites. Their ShareContacts lets users share and synchronize their all-important contacts folders and subfolders in Outlook, online or offline, without needing a server. You can specify which contacts to share with different individuals or groups, such as clients or project teams. You can customize shared forms and include imported data. Shared folders are automatically updated on each user's computer when you update your data. You can share just what you want with whom, all with a few mouse clicks. ShareContacts is also handy for keeping your laptop and PC or home and work computers in sync; you never know when you'll need important contact information, and keeping things updated protects your critical data if one PC is damaged or stolen.

ShareContacts integrates seamlessly with Outlook's interface and employs busy but legible dialogs for functions. It offers quite a few settings and options but a good Help file as well, not to mention considerable online documentation, and a helpful Wizard makes each process essentially foolproof. Each user needs to have ShareContacts on his computer to take advantage of its automatic folder synchronization, but once you've specified what you want to share and with which groups or individuals you want to share it, it's basically a click-and-forget operation. ShareContacts keeps everyone in the loop, no matter how many loops you set.

ShareContacts is free to try for 14 days and costs $24.95. It works in Windows versions 95 to 7.

Publisher's Description

From 4Team:

Share and sync Outlook contacts on multiple PCs without Exchange server. ShareContacts is a Microsoft Outlook add-in for synchronizing and sharing Outlook contacts. Sync contacts folders, sync address book, sync distribution lists in a few clicks. Synchronize and share Outlook contacts automatically or manually. Share different contact folders with various groups of people, foe example your coworkers, teammates, friends or family. Synchronize your PCs Outlook contact information between your desktop, laptop, netbook and other computers. Subscribe your contacts to receive automatic updates of your contact folders data: each time you update items in your list, all your subscribers will receive them. It is easy to maintain the subscribers list and those access-edit rights. Use filters to exclude private contacts, comments and attachments from sharing. Work offline or online. You can update any item in shared folder offline, connect to the Internet or local network and those items will be synchronized or shared automatically. Resolve synchronization conflicts and duplicates of contacts. Share custom Outlook contacts forms and imported items. Synchronization and sharing between different Microsoft Outlook versions (2010, 2007, 2003, 2002, 2000). Compatible with latest Windows 7 and Outlook 2010. Synchronize contacts between Outlook 2003 at home and Outlook 2007 in the office. No server and no IT specialist is needed to install and use shared calendar software. Free support offered. It is a cost effective solution for business workgroups or family use.

What's new in this version: This release includes support of Windows 8 and Outlook 2013, also several bug fixes.