How to List Contacts in Categories on Outlook 2007

The Microsoft Office Outlook 2007 task manager application allows you to organize all of your added contacts so you can easily locate a specific contact when you are sending an email or scheduling a meeting. The Categorize feature is used to create and assign various contacts to different categories based on your preferences. The feature also allows you to organize your categories by assigning a color to help you identify the category.

Instructions

1. Open the Microsoft Outlook 2007 application on your computer, and click on the "Contacts" option from the left navigation menu.

2. Double-click on the first contact from your list that you want to place into a category; a new dialog box opens on your screen.

3. Click on the "Contact" tab from the top menu, then click on the "Categorize" option from the "Options" group.

4. Click on the "All Categories" option, then click on the "New" option. Enter a name for your new category in the "Name" field, and select a color for your category from the "Color" drop-down menu.

5. Click on the "OK" button to close out of the dialog box. Click on the category just created from the "Available categories" box, and click on the "OK" button.

6. Continue to create more categories and assign the different contacts you want to each category.

References

• University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire: Assigning Contacts to Categories
• Indiana University: In Microsoft Outlook, How Can I Categorize My Contacts and Send Email Using the Categories?