How to use VBA to create a list of the distribution lists (contact groups) your Outlook Contacts belong to.
Bulk Change File As Format for Contacts
Outlook Contacts offer a number of File As formats and this format can be used for the contact's name display in the Address Book. If you want to change the FileAs format on all of your contacts at once, you can use VBA. Complete, ready-to-use code is available.
Bulk Change Email Display Name Format
Use a macro to make changes to any Outlook contact field, by folder or by selection.
Outlook and Exchange Distribution Lists
A distribution list is a group of e-mail addresses, usually grouped under a single e-mail address. When you send to a distribution list, you're really sending to everyone whose address is included in the list. It's much easier than picking 30 different addresses from the Address Book. Outlook 2000 and Later Distribution Lists | Global
Help! My Contacts are being updated!
When Contacts are automatically updated, you need to check the settings in Outlook's Social Connector, which has automatic updates of contacts enabled by default. A change log is added to notes so you know what was changed.
Contacts are not available in Windows Fax & Scan
Problem: When you use Windows 64-bit Fax and Scan application, Outlook's contacts are not available. Cause: This is because Outlook is a 32-bit application and runs on a WOW layer on the 64-bit operating system. Outlook 2010 or 2013 64-bit does not include Fax transport as its only supported in 32-bit Outlook. We do not
Batch Import Photos into Outlook Contacts
How to add photos to Outlook contacts, either by editing each contact or using VBA or a utility to add images to all contacts.
The Clipboard is cleared when opening a Contact
When you open a Contact form, all data on the clipboard is cleared. If you look at the Office clipboard, you might see some icons in the clipboard, ahead of the text you copied. This is caused by add-ins which add icons to your toolbars. When the contact form loads, the addin pastes an icon
Changing Outlook's Business Card layout
An often asked question about Microsoft Outlook's Business card layout is how to change it for all contacts. While you can't globally change existing contacts directly, you can change the default which is used for new contacts by creating a custom contact form with the desired business card layout and publish it. Set it as
Adding Birthdays and Anniversaries to Outlook's Calendar
Help managing Contact birthdays that are automatically added by Outlook to your calendar. Included are macros to added birthdays for imported contacts and to change the reminder time.