Adding new contacts

You can add new contacts from the toolbar by clicking the arrow in the button, or by right-clicking a name in a message header and choosing Contacts. When you add a new contact, you enter the name and company information in separate fields. You can select how you want to file the contact in your list. You can enter up to three email addresses and three mailing addresses.

To add a new contact

  1. From the toolbar, click the arrow next to New and select New Contact. The New Contact form opens.

  2. Enter contact information, including first and last name, email address, job title, company information, email and instant messaging details, and notes. You can also upload a photo of this contact.

  3. In File As, select how you want to file the name. The default is to file the contact by last name, first name.

  4. In Address Book select one of your personal address books to save the name to

  5. Click Save.

To add a new contact from an existing mail message:

  1. Open the mail message, the header is displayed in gray, at top of message detail pane. You can add email addresses in the From:,  To:,  Cc:, and Bcc: fields.

  2. Right-click the name to add to your contact list and choose Add to Contacts.

  3. The New Contact form opens pre-populated with whatever information was available from the email header. Add additional information and check the pre-populated fields for correctness as well.

  4. In File As, select how you want to file the name. The default is to file the contact by last name, first name.

  5. In Address Book select one of your personal address books to save the name to

  6. Click Save.

 

You can also create group contact lists.