Working with Outlook Address Books

The distinction between an address book and a Contacts folder can be confusing because they both sound as though they should be the same thing. A Contacts folder can be used to provide entries for an address book, but you don't have to use a particular Contacts folder as an address book; that's your decision. Each Contacts folder has a setting that determines whether it is displayed as an address book. You will learn how to enable and disable showing a Contacts folder as an address book in this chapter.

You can use more than one address book, with each address book consisting of entries that come from a specific source. The most common sources of entries for an address book, which you will learn about in this ...

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