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How to Add a Contact in Outlook

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Store e-mail addresses, phone numbers, postal addresses and more in Microsoft Outlook. These instructions work for Outlook 97, 98 and 2000.

Difficulty: Easy
Instructions

Things You'll Need:

  1. Step 1

    Open the File menu and select New, then Contact.

  2. Step 2

    Type in the real name and e-mail address of the contact.

  3. Step 3

    Type in phone numbers and addresses if desired.

  4. Step 4

    Use the large box at the bottom to add other information ("Worked with us on the Petrie case," for example).

  5. Step 5

    Click the Save and Close button.

  6. Step 6

    When you send an e-mail message to the contact, you can type in the person's real name that you entered; Outlook will find the e-mail address.

Tips & Warnings
  • You can create a new contact in various ways. Press Control+Shift+C from anywhere in Outlook, or enter the Contacts section of the program and click the New Contact button on the taskbar.
  • You can automatically create a contact from an e-mail message. Right-click the sender's address and select Add to Contacts from the menu that appears.
  • You can send contact files to other people; just drag the contact to an e-mail message.
  • See Related eHows to learn more about contacts.

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mikeo12 said

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on 8/5/2008 Can someone please tell me how to move names in a distribution list back into the Outlook Address Book?

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