Microsoft Outlook stores Contact and Address book options in three different locations. These settings control which Contacts folders Outlook uses as address books, the order Outlook searches for addresses, and which address book is used as the default when you click the To button.
Keep Outlook from putting the wrong country in new addresses
How to change the default country Outlook assigns to new contacts. I also show you how to update the country used with existing contacts.
Import vCards into Outlook
Methods and utilities used to import vCards in to Microsoft Outlook.
Printing Labels or Envelopes for Contacts
How to use Microsoft Word to print labels and envelopes in several different ways, including mail merge. A mail merge using Outlook and Word can handle not just built-in fields, but also custom fields added to Contact items.
How to Print an Exchange Distribution List
Many thanks to Hernan Cibello for this tip, originally used with Exchange 5.5 and Outlook 2000. With later versions of Exchange and Outlook, you need to add the distribution list to a new message form and expand it. Copy and paste the names into an Outlook distribution list form and Outlook will resolve the names
How to Print Outlook Address Books
The following methods are marked to indicate whether they are appropriate for the Personal Address Book (PAB), Contacts folders in the Outlook Address Book (OAB) or Microsoft Exchange Server Global Address List (GAL). In many cases, the techniques used for printing can also be adapted to exporting.
Import a distribution list from the PAB
Please note that personal address book (PAB) was deprecated, beginning with Outlook 2002, and their use is not supported in Outlook 2010. We highly recommend that anyone who still uses a PAB should import the contents into their Contacts folder. While you can't use the PAB in Outlook 2010, you can import the PAB into
Display Public Folder and Other Contacts in the Address Book
How to display Microsoft Exchange server Public folders and shared Contact folders as Outlook Address Books.
Categories vs. Multiple Contacts Folders
You'll find some debate over which method is better for managing different types of contacts -- have more than one Contacts folder (Personal, Business, etc.) or use one Contacts folder with categories. There are pluses and minuses for both. Personally, I use a combination. I have a couple of separate Contacts folders that use special
Enabling the Contacts Folder as an Address Book
How to enable your Outlook contacts folders as address books, so it is available when you click the To button when composing email.