RSSBeginning with Microsoft Outlook 2000, linking between Contacts and other items in improved – you can link contacts using the Contact linking field and don’t need to insert shortcuts in the item. The instructions below are for linking appointments, but you can use them to link any type of Outlook item to Contacts.
Beginning with Microsoft Outlook 2007, the Contact linking field is hidden by default. Enable its display in Tools, Options, Contact options.
In Microsoft Outlook 2010, you’ll go to File, Options, Contact options to enable Contact linking.
Outlook 2007, Outlook 2010
After enabling the option to show the Contact linking field, create (or open) an appointment, click the Contacts button and choose the contact(s) you wish to link with the appointment. Items linked in this manner are visible through the Activities page on the contact item, once you include the items’ folder in an activity group for the Contacts folder.
Outlook 2000, 2002, 2003
Create (or open) an appointment, click the Contacts button and choose the contact(s) you wish to link with the appointment. Items linked in this manner are visible through the Activities page on the contact item, once you include the items’ folder in an activity group for the Contacts folder.
Outlook 97/98
Select a contact, and use the right mouse button to drag it to the Calendar icon on the Outlook Bar or in the Folder List. Release the right mouse button and choose Copy Here as Appointment with Shortcut from the pop-up menu. This will create a calendar entry whose subject is the name of the contact, with a link back to the contact record.
