Contacts duplicating on backup sync??

When I sync my contacts (iphone to outlook 2007) it duplicates all the old contacts, so now I have 2 of the same contacts.
How can I delete all duplicates in Outlook 2007 ??
Jay

Sdtag, thank you for sharing your concerns with your duplicate contacts. We have seen some reports of duplicate contacts on the Bionic. In some cases it is because the contacts are syncing with Backup Assistant, Google, and another program, but in your case they only seem to be duplicated on the phone. Our product team is still investigating this duplicate contact issue, but try some of these steps:
To clean up your contacts, go to the contacts app
1. select the contact source you want to delete the information from
2. deselect all other contact sources
3. exit the Display Options menu
4. select the user which has incorrect information
5. select the menu soft key
6. select the "edit" option
7. select the menu softkey again
8. select the "separate" option
9. delete the contact entry which you don't want to keep

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