Windows 10 Bible

Chapter 15Managing Names and Addresses

IN THIS CHAPTER

1. Using your Contacts folder
2. Creating and managing contacts
3. Creating contact groups
4. Importing and exporting contacts

You've no doubt seen and tried out the new People app, which lets you integrate your contracts and updates from multiple social network sites such as Google+, Facebook, and Twitter. The Mail app relies on the People app for selecting contacts to send e-mail and instant messages.

If you haven't tried the People app, have a look at Chapter 13.

Windows 10, like Windows 8/8.1 and Windows 7 before it, offers an alternative you can use from the desktop to manage contacts — the Contacts folder. Each file in that folder is a contact, someone with whom you communicate. They don't have to be only people you contact online. You can store anybody's contact information in your Contacts folder. As with pictures, songs, videos, and other documents, each user account has its own Contacts folder. So, each person who has a user account can have his or her own collection of names and addresses.

NOTE

Keep in mind that the Windows Contacts folder and the contacts in it are separate from the contacts in your e-mail program. For example, if you opt to download and use Windows Live Mail as your e-mail program, it has its own set of contacts. Although you can import your Windows Contacts into Windows Live Mail, the contacts ...