Chapter 6. Contacts and Address Books

In this chapter

  • Learning to create and use Outlook address books.

  • Understanding the methods used to create new contacts in Outlook.

  • Using distribution lists to send e-mails to groups of people.

  • Viewing activities related to a contact and creating new activities views.

  • Learning how to set Contacts options.

Contact items in Outlook are used to store information about your contacts and are also used to provide data for address books. Outlook uses address books to address e-mails and faxes. Address books can also consist of information from sources other than contacts. In this chapter, you will learn about working with Outlook contacts and about using different types of address books.

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