This index lists all of the articles and tips on Slipstick.com (and a few other sites) that apply to Microsoft Outlook’s Contacts.
See Let Outlook decide the best message format to use to learn how to configure Outlook Contacts to choose the best message format for Internet addresses. In most cases, you should “Let Outlook decide”.
We have instructions for adding contact photos to a large number of Contacts at Batch Import Photos into Outlook Contacts
Do you want to add more than 3 email addresses to an Outlook contact? See Contacts with more than three email addresses for one solution.
For more articles in this section, see the Contacts and Address book index.
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Printing & Merging
- Printing Outlook and Exchange Address Books
- Print Labels and Envelopes for Contacts
- To start a Word letter from a Microsoft Outlook contact
- Inserting Addresses in Microsoft Word Documents
- Mail Merge – Not Just for Form Letters Anymore
MSKB articles:
Distribution Lists
- Microsoft Outlook and Exchange Distribution Lists
- How to create a Distribution List from a list of addresses
- How to Forward a Distribution list
- Create Individual Contacts from a Distribution List
Address Book Display
- Enabling the Outlook Address Book and Contacts folder
- Coordinating Outlook Contacts and the PAB
- Why does Outlook have both Contacts and the Personal Address Book?
- Can I make the Microsoft Outlook Address Book show only e-mail addresses, not fax numbers?
Name Resolution
Microsoft Outlook 2000 and earlier versions handle partial names in the To box with an “auto-resolution” feature, not the auto-complete you’ll find in Outlook Express. Outlook 2002 adds an auto-complete feature that can hold up to 1,000 names in the cache. This is expanded in Outlook 2003 and up. Outlook 2010 add the Suggested Contacts folder, in addition to the autocomplete list.
See:
- Understanding Outlook’s Autocomplete Cache (*.NK2)
- Address Auto-Resolution vs. Auto-Complete
- Address auto-resolution revisited
- How to Specify a Particular Address Book
More on Outlook resolution:
- Completes the E-mail Addresses You Begin to Type
- AutoComplete Lists Deleted Contacts Among Possible Name Resolutions
- Slow Performance Starting Outlook with Full Name Cache
- Autocomplete May Not Function After You Upgrade from Outlook 2000 Internet Mail Only to Outlook 2002
- Automatic Completion Function Is Not Resolving Addresses to Names in the Cache
To remove a name from the auto-complete list in Outlook 2002 and up, press Delete when the name pops up as you type into the To box. To clean up the entire list, see:
- How to Reset the Nickname and Automatic Completion Cache
- How to Remove Corrupted Names in Nickname List (Outlook 97/98/2000)
Contact Form
- Changing the Business Card layout
- Microsoft Outlook Contact Forms — quirks and limitations
- To show the Home address on a Contact form by default
- Creating a “New Fax to Contact” Action
- Changing the Display Order for Outlook Contacts
- Required Categories Contact Form
MSKB articles:
Import/Export
- To add addresses automatically
- Converting Addresses
- Converting from a MAPI address book to PAB or Contacts
- vCard Export Problems
- Outlook–Merging Contacts Without Duplication
- OL2000 Converting vCard to Contact Displays the Windows Address Book
- OL2000 (CW) How to Replace Names in a Contact E-mail Address Field
Sharing
- Shared Address Books
- Sharing Microsoft Outlook Calendar and Contacts
- vCard Overview — You can save Outlook contacts as vCard files to share with other people.
Other
- To combine duplicate contact items
- To link an Outlook item to a contact
- To log a phone call to an Outlook contact
- To search for an e-mail address in Contacts in Outlook 2000 (VBA code sample)
- To stamp a date on a Microsoft Outlook item (VBA code sample)
- To change the properties of selected Outlook items (VBA code sample)
- Problem: Opening a vCard Crashes Microsoft Outlook
- To clear the Find a Contact list
- To automatically set a reminder for birthdays for new contacts (VBA code sample)
- What fields does Outlook search when I use the Find a Contact box on the Standard toolbar? and other questions related to contact searching.
- Making Contact — VBA code sample to reconnect imported journal items with related contacts listed in the Contacts box
- Customize Outlook’s Map service — to fix the broken Display Map command in Outlook 2000 or switch Outlook 2000/2002/2007/2010 to a different mapping site
Last reviewed on Jan 27, 2012
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