Exchange server: Outlook shared contacts question (worth 100pts +)

Try it this way:
Make a new Exchange user bounded to your Nt user called Contacts f.e.
Logon as your username in NT and as Contacts in outlook
Give everywhone the author right on Inbox of Contacts with the right mousebutton and permissions
Make in the Inbox map a new MAP called General Contacts f.e. (File - New - Map (Contacts)
Now log on in outlook with your username
Then goto: Extra - Services - Exchange Server - Properties - Advanced - Add - type "'Contacts"
Now you have 2 maps in your outlook, you can go to the submap General Contacts, right mousebutton, Add to Outlook-bar
You can do the last part for every user who needs the contacts!
You can make different contacts-maps
Everyone can Add contacts and search for a contact
This works great for me!

Mark

You can do this in a public folder if you require it.
Create a public folder and in the drop down list of what to place in there select contacts instead of mail.
Then right click and select add to Outlook bar.
Bingo. They click on the button and are taken there.

More or less same as above but in a public folder instead of a mailbox.

Thanks for all your comments!
Mark Aerts:  Your idea is interesting but doesn't really solve my problem.  Besides, where is this "(File - New - Map (Contacts)"??   I'm using Outlook 97.
gpipes: Your idea cannot work because the contacts are copied.  I want to reference the contacts through a 'shortcut' or a hyperlink.   These contacts undergo daily changes.

Let me explain further because I missed the main point of this exercise in my original message.

The reason why I began this question is that I want to be able to make hyperlinks to a specific Contact from an Outlook message.

The reason?  One example (of many) - I have a dynamic project status message in a shared folder.   I record all my dealings with Contacts in the notes area, within their respective contact sheets.  I must manually copy this info into my project status message; quite a laborous job.   I would like to create hyperlinks within this document to jump to their respective contacts on the Exchange server...

Adjusted points to 150

Start Outlook with administrator rights, create a folder under Public Folder, called, for example, Business Contacts, specify its type is contact, then all the Exchange user could see it in Outlook, or from web page!

I shared our business contacts with Exchange 5.5 on our Intranet. It works very well.

bbao:  Thanks for the input, but you didn't read all my comments.  I couldn't edit my original question so I later re-stated what I wanted to do.   I want to be able to access public contacts from a hyperlink (from within Outlook word).  For example, I'd like to create an email message that would have hyperlinks to several employee contact lists or specific contacts.   Simply double clicking to 'jump' to that contact is a lot easier than clicking file/open special folder/exchange server folder/select client name and select contacts list.  

BTW, I already know how to make a public contact list.  

Good question! I have the same question too, in fact, I am searching a way to solve this problem by programming with VBA or VB Script.