Two iphones, one computer - syncing contacts

I have just posted a messgae and when I logged back in it had gone??....someone kindly sent me a link, can you repost please?? Also if I set up two dist lists for myself and my husband in outlook 2007 will itunes reconise the two groups when I sync?
Both myself and my husband have got itunes accounts set up on the same computer, but when I sync our phones itunes transfers all my contacts (from outlook) to my husbands phone and all of my husbands contacts to my phone...so we always end up with each others contacts on our phones which is a nightmare!
Can you tell me how I can just update our own contacts when we sync our phones? Do I need to set up something in my outlook 2007 account - two different groups or something? If so how?
On the itunes summary page it has on option on 'sync contacts with' which says 'all contacts' or 'selected groups' but it wont let me click on selected groups.
Thanks in advance

Ok thanks.
It says on the link above that Office Outlook 2007 calls them distribution lists - I have some of these already set up but itunes doesnt give me the option to select them individually, the 'selected groups' on info option is not available to select.
So should I go ahead and set up dist lists for mine and my husbands contacts this way or not?
Thanks

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