Creating a Contact

You can create a new contact in several ways:

  • Click New while in the Contacts folder

  • Select File, New, Contact from any Outlook folder

  • Use the keyboard shortcut Ctrl+Shift+C from any Outlook folder

  • Right-click on a sender's email address from within an email and select Add to Outlook Contacts

  • Drag an email message to the Contacts folder (a process known as AutoCreate)

No matter which of these methods you use, you'll see a form similar to Figure 9.3.

Figure 9.3. Use this form to enter all your contact information.

The Contact form contains five pages: General, Details, Activities, Certificates, and All Fields. You can enter information ...

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