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.
Printing & Merging
- Add Attachments and Set Email Fields During a Mail Merge
- Create a Letter to a Contact using VBA
- Create Envelopes and Letters using Word
- How to Print an Exchange Distribution List
- How to Print Outlook Address Books
- Inserting Addresses into Word Documents
- Printing Labels or Envelopes for Contacts
- Start a Word letter from an Outlook contact
Distribution Lists
- Add a Category to Contacts in a Contact Group
- Create a Contact Group from a List of Addresses
- Create a Contact Group to quickly send email to a multiple people
- Create Individual Contacts from a Distribution List
- Creating Distribution Lists from Address Lists
- Find the Distribution Lists a Contact Belongs to
- How to Forward a Contact Group
- Import a distribution list from the PAB
- Outlook and Exchange Distribution Lists
- Send Messages Using Additional Office 365 Exchange Addresses
- Use VBA to Create a List of Exchange GAL Members
- Using Categories for Dynamic Distribution Lists
- Using Large Distribution Lists
Address Book Display
- Contacts are missing when you click the To button
- Converting from a MAPI Address Book to Contacts
- Copy GAL Addresses to Outlook and Make the GAL Portable
- Display Public Folder and Other Contacts in the Address Book
- Enable BCM Contacts as Outlook Address Book
- Enabling the Contacts Folder as an Address Book
- Hiding Global Address Book Fields
- Imported Addresses are Missing from Address Book
- Make the Address Book show only e-mail addresses, not fax numbers
- Outlook Address Book Search Order
- Outlook Contacts, Address Book, and Autocomplete
- Outlook's Address Book is Empty
- Quick Steps Address Book Bug (Fixed)
- Understanding Outlook's Auto-Complete Cache (*.NK2)
- Use VBA to Create a List of Exchange GAL Members
Name Resolution
Outlook use both auto-complete and auto-resolution to aid you in addresses messages.
See:
- Can you control which addresses are listed in autocomplete?
- Contact Groups aren’t listed in autocomplete
- Could not complete the operation. One or more parameter values are not valid.
- How to delete Autocomplete’s Other Suggestions
- Moving Outlook's auto-complete address list to a new account
- Suggested Contacts and Auto-Complete Lists
- The (good) Autocomplete list is back
- Understanding Outlook's Auto-Complete Cache (*.NK2)
- Using Automatic name checking or Autocomplete
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
More from Outlookcode.com:
Microsoft Outlook Contact Forms -- quirks and limitations
Creating a "New Fax to Contact" Action
Changing the Display Order for Outlook Contacts
Required Categories Contact Form
Import/Export
- Automatically Add Addresses to Outlook Contacts
- Converting Addresses to or from Outlook
- Converting from a MAPI Address Book to Contacts
- Import vCards into Outlook
- Transfer Outlook Contacts to Kindle Fire and Android tablets
Sharing
Other
Bulk Move Phone Numbers to a Different Phone Field
How to use VBA to move Outlook's Contact phone numbers to a different phone number field. This is useful when syncing smartphones that support different fields.
How to Change the Mapping Service used by Outlook's Map Link
How to change the Map service that Outlook uses for the MapIt feature in Outlook Contacts to use your favorite map website.
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
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
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.
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.
Why both Contacts and Personal Address Book?
Outlook has a confusing array of address books - the Personal Address Book (PAB), the Outlook Address book, and Contacts. If you use Exchange Server, you'll have an address book called the GAL (Global Address book).
Format Contact phone numbers to use with Skype
Use a macro to add your country code to Outlook contacts for dialing in Skype.
Calling from an Outlook Contact does not work
You may not be able to dial phone calls from Microsoft Outlook if Office Communicator or other phone applications are installed. You can fix the problem with a simple registry edit.
Make the Address Book show only e-mail addresses, not fax numbers
Outlook includes fax numbers in the address book because they are valid electronic addresses. You can hide fax numbers from the address book by using a macro or an addin.