Applies to: Office 365 for professionals and small businesses, Office 365 for enterprises, Microsoft Exchange, Live@edu
Topic last modified: 2011-11-23
You can create a contact to store the information about people you communicate with, including their email address, street address and telephone numbers.
You can create a contact by going to your Contacts folder and clicking New.
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In the Navigation Pane, click
Contacts.
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In Contacts, on the toolbar, click New.
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In the new contact window, type the information you want to include for the contact.
- Profile includes the contact's name and job information.
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Use File As to select how you want the contact to be displayed in the Contacts folder.
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The Contact section includes the contact information for the contact. This includes telephone numbers and email addresses.
In some boxes, you can use the drop-down lists to record multiple entries. For example, the Email list lets you store up to three different email addresses for a contact (Email, Email 2, and Email 3). You can also store multiple telephone numbers in addition to the business, home and mobile telephone numbers.
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Use the Addresses section to store the business, home and other physical addresses for a contact. You can also designate which address to use as the default mailing address by clicking Mailing Address and selecting the address that you want from the list.
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The Details section is where you can add attachments, for example, a Word document or notes about the contact.
- Profile includes the contact's name and job information.
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Click Save and Close or press CTRL+S before closing the contact form browser window.
You can create a contact from the information in the From or To fields in a message.
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Go to a message in any folder in your mailbox.
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Right-click on the name or email address you want to add to your contacts, and then click Add to Contacts.
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A new Contact form will open with the display name and email address already added.
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Add any other information you want, and then click Save and Close.
What else do I need to know?
The following options are available on the toolbar when you open or create a contact.
| Button | Description |
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| Save and Close | Saves the contact information and closes the contact form browser window. |
| Opens a new message form with the contact listed on the To line. |
| Deletes the contact. |
| Attaches a file to the contact. For more information about how to attach files, see Working with Attachments. |
| Sets a reminder flag for the contact. For more information about flags, see Flags and Reminders. |
| Assigns a category to the contact. For more information about Categories, see Apply a Category. |
What if I want to know more?
