How to Create a Contact in Microsoft Outlook

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Create a Contact in Microsoft Outlook

Using Microsoft Outlook for your e-mail program can be fun and efficient. The program has the ability to store a ton of information, making your life a little more organized. In the steps below, I will explain how to add a contact to Microsoft Outlook.

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Instructions

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Microsoft Outlook

Step 1

The first step requires preparation. You will want to have all the information you are going to add to this contact at your fingertips. Information should include, but not be limited to, name, address, phone number, and e-mail address. Optional information to be added is birthday, spouse’s name, birthday and their anniversary, names of assistants, work information, etc.
Step 2

Open Outlook. Click on file, then new, then contact. Or you can use the keyboard short of “Control, Shift, C.” The Add a New Contact Box will pop up on your screen. Fill in the details as you’d like them to appear. If you like your contacts to be neat in appearance make sure you use capitalization when keying the data in. Another key here is to be consistent. Either enter the information: First Name, Last Name, or vice versa. If you don’t stick to one method, your contacts will appear out of order. If the information box has an arrow next to it, that means you can change the type of information listed. For example, the business section could be changed to assistant.
Step 3

Once you have entered the data into the first screen of the Outlook contact, visit the second tab, third tab, and so on. Enter as much information as you’d like to have access to and be able to rely on. If you have Outlook 2003, you can even enter a picture of your contact.
Step 4

Lastly, once you have keyed all of the information into the various fields that you want, you will click on the “save and close” button. This will save your contact into your contacts file.