Enter personal information about a contact
1. Create or open a contact.
2. On the Details tab, enter the information you want to include for the contact.
Create a message from a contact
1. Select the contact.
2. Click on Actions and select New Message to Contact.
3. In the Subject box, type the subject of the message.
4. In the text box, type the message.
5. Click Send.
Convert my Personal Address Book to a Contacts folder
1. Click on File and select Import and Export.
2. In the Choose an action to perform list, click Import from another program or file.
3. In the Select file type to import from list, click Personal Address Book.
4. Follow the rest of the steps in the wizard.
Import a Personal Address Book into a Contact folder
1. Click on File and select Import and Export.
2. Select Import from another program or file.
3. Click Next.
4. Follow the instructions in the Import and Export Wizard.
Import a contact list or a file from another Office program
1. Click on File and select Import and Export.
2. Select Import from another program or file.
3. Click Next.
4. Follow the instructions in the Import and Export Wizard.
Note: If you import from a file used in Microsoft Word or Microsoft PowerPoint, the file should be in either the Tab Separated Values or the Comma Separated Values file type.
Enter the full name for a contact
1. Create or open a contact.
2. In the Full Name box, type the full name of the contact.
Notes:
To make sure the parts of a name are identified correctly for sorting, filtering, or mail merge, click Full Name. Review each entry, and make changes as appropriate.
You can enter two names in the First name field by including the word "and" or the ampersand (&) between the names.
Remove a Contacts folder displayed in the Address Book dialog box
1. If the Folder List is not visible, click on View and click Folder List.
2. Click the Contacts folder you want to remove from the Address Book dialog box.
3. Click on File and point to Folder.
4. Click Properties for folder name.
5. Click the Outlook Address Book tab.
6. Clear the Show this folder as an e-mail Address Book check box.
7. Click Apply and click OK.
Adding a new e-mail contact to your Outlook address book
1. Go to your inbox and open the email.
2. Select the email address of the new contact, right click and choose Add to contacts. This now opens a new window where you can add further details about the contact.
3. Once you have finished inputting information: Click Save and close.
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