How to Create an Email Group for My Contacts in Outlook

Create an email group from your lists of contacts in Microsoft Outlook.

If you often have to send a mass email to the same contacts, Microsoft Outlook allows users to create an email group from the contacts in their address books. Creating and saving an email group saves you the time and trouble of having to type the individual addresses for every recipient every time. Once your group is saved as a distribution list in Outlook, your group is easily available for each mass email you send.

Instructions

1. Open Microsoft Outlook on your computer.

2. Click on the icon for "Address Book" on the right side of the toolbar.

3. Click the "New Entry" icon in the "Address Book" pop-up.

4. Highlight "New Distribution List" in the "New Entry" pop-up.

5. Type in the name for your email group in the "Name:" text field.

6. Choose "Select Members" and highlight the contacts you want to add to the group from the pop-up. Hold the control key on your keyboard to highlight more than one contact. You can also choose the "Add New" button to type in email addresses not already in your address book. Select "OK" when you have added all the contacts you need for your group.

7. Click "Save and Close."

References

• Parker Unified School District: How to Create an Email Group

Resources

• Microsoft Support