How to Link an Outlook Item to a Contact

You can keep track of information and people by linking Outlook 2000 contacts to e-mail, meetings, appointments, tasks, and events.

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Computers
• Microsoft Outlook

1. Double-click on the Outlook item (such as an appointment or task) you wish to link to a contact.

2. Click on Contacts or, in an e-mail message, open the Insert menu and choose Contacts.

3. Select the contact you want to link to the item.

Tips & Warnings

• To see all the items related to a contact, open the contact and click on the Activities tab. It might take a minute or so for the list to appear.
• All e-mail messages sent either from a contact or with that contact on the list of recipients are automatically linked.