If you’re a regular user of Microsoft Outlook, then you’ll agree with me when I say that Outlook Address Book is the most awesome feature it has. It’s just amazing. Your whole social life and business contacts are all neatly and systematically organized in your Outlook Address Book. And it’s also so easy to access. Plus the best part is that you can carry it with you all the time. All you need is a computer with Outlook installed in it and you can use the same Outlook Address Book there too.

Now, if you’re a new user and want to know what the big fuss is about, just read the previous paragraph, because I can’t write with such excitement again. Now I know you can’t wait to try out the Outlook address book and see how it can change your work and social life.

So let’s begin, shall we?

Let’s create your first contact

The first thing you need to do when you install Microsoft Outlook is finding and checking out your Outlook Address Book. You can find your Outlook Address Book by clicking the ‘Addresses’ in your toolbar.

Want to add a contact to your Outlook Address Book? You can do that very easily.

All you have to is follow these simple steps:

1. Click on ‘File’, select ‘New’ and then select ‘Contact’.
2. Now enter all fields you’d like to fill out and make sure you type in your contact’s email address.
3. Once you’ve done that, click on ‘Ok’ and your contact is automatically added to your Outlook Address Book.

If you want to add another one, repeat the same steps.

Personalizing your Outlook Address Book

So, you think you can manage just that one contact of yours. Well, you’re in for a pleasant surprise because you’ll find your Outlook Address Book filled with hundreds of contacts within no time. Now, how do you plan o manage these many contacts in your Outlook address Book?

Without a proper categorizing system in Outlook, managing your contacts will become impossible. Fortunately, Outlook has that and it does a splendid job in it too. There are many ways you can sort out your contacts in your Outlook Address Book and they can be done by followg these stpes:

1. In your lower left corner, clock on the ‘Contact’ tabs .
2. Now go to the ‘View’ menu at the top of the screen and expand the ‘Arrange By’ and ‘Current View’ submenus.
3. Now, slelect ‘Customize Current view’ and a windows will opo out with various options in it.
4. Now you can sort out your contacts the way you want. After that, press ‘Sort’ and ‘Ok’.
5. You also have the freedom to adjust your firlds in your Outlook Address Book. You can do that by clicking ‘Fields’ and changing the options accordingly.
6. If you want to organize your contacts into groups by right clicking on an address book entry and choose ‘categories’. The check the boxes next to the categories related to the selected contact and click’Ok’ to save your settings.

Now you’ve just customized your Outlook address book.

That’s it! You’ve been taught the basics of an Outlook Address Book. To graduate, just find out more about each feature of Outlook by exploring all the options there in your Microsoft Outlook.

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