Contacts is a repository for important names, email addresses, locations, telephone numbers, and other information you need to interact. Think of it as an intelligent address book that does the behind-the-scenes work when you want to send out mail, verifying the correct email address and other pertinent information.
Like all Outlook components, Contacts provides many different views that allow you to choose how to find, display, and update information. You can easily drop a vCard (packaged contact information) from another Outlook user’s information into Contacts to create a Contact or automatically update an existing one.
Generate a distribution list to send out a mass mailing.
Store birthday dates for friends, family, and business contacts
Display items from other components using the Activities tab
Verify email addresses when sending Mail
Use Categories to create custom sorts
To open Outlook with the Contacts folder displayed:
outlook.exe /select Outlook:Contacts
To open a new contact entry without starting Outlook:
outlook.exe /c ipm.contact
Create a new Contact: Ctrl+Shift+C |
Go to last card in the folder: End |
Select or unselect active card: Ctrl+Spacebar |
Display last list item without selection: Ctrl+End |
Open selected Contact: Enter |
Set locations for saving new Contact entries (CW mode): Section 2.3.4 |
Find a Contact by phone number: Chapter 3 |
Create a new Contact: Section |
Change default Contact options: Section |
Display any Outlook item related to a contact: Section |
Create a Distribution List for a group of contacts: Section |
Assign a Task to a Contact: Section |
Dial a Contact directly from Outlook: Section |
Forward a Contact as a vCard: Section |
Find a Contact without knowing the full name: Finding a Contact |
Customize Contact views: Section (Also in Chapter 3) |
Globally search and replace Contact text strings: Section 12.4 |
Field mapping for exporting Contacts: Section 12.1 |
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