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.
To add more contacts folders to Outlook and enable the new folders as an address book, see Create a new Contact folder and enable it as an Outlook Address Book.
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Distribution Lists
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Name Resolution
Outlook use both auto-complete and auto-resolution to aid you in addresses messages.
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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 the automatic completion caches in Outlook (MSKB)
Contact Form
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Let Outlook decide the best message format to use
A contact in Microsoft Outlook can have up to three e-mail addresses and for each address, you can select the format that Outlook should use for sending e-mails. Your choices are: Let Outlook decide the best sending format Send using Outlook Rich Text format Send Plain Text only These can be changed one at a
Show Contact Linking fields in Outlook
Outlook has a neat feature called Contact Linking that allows you to link a contact with any appointment, task, other contacts, or even email. In Outlook 2013, you need to edit the registry to enable it.
Automatically Add Addresses to Outlook Contacts
How to use VBA to automatically add addresses you reply to, to your Outlook Contacts folder.
Coordinating Contacts and the Personal Address Book
Note that the Personal Address Book service is not available in Microsoft Outlook 2010; if you still use a PAB you will need to import it into Outlook's Contacts folder. A Slipstick Systems Exchange Center visitor writes: How do I get my Personal Address Book and my Contact information to work together? When I add
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.
Using Outlook's New Contact Cards
How to customize the look and behavior of Outlook's new Contact cards. For Outlook 2010 and Outlook 2013.
Contacts are missing when you click the To button
What to do if you have Contacts in Microsoft Outlook's Contacts folder but they are not accessible when you click on the To button.
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
Inserting Addresses into Word Documents
How to use the Insert Address command to insert information from the Address Book in Microsoft Word documents.
Setting the default Country for Outlook Contacts
How to fix Microsoft Outlook when it is using the wrong country in the address or phone number fields of Contacts.