Outlook Tips

If your contacts use different File As formats and you’d rather have all contact use a single format but changing each contact will take too long, you can use VBA to change the File As format on all contacts within minutes. Code sample which was tested Read More

Do you need to convert a distribution list to individual contacts?  Although Outlook doesn’t have an option to save individual contacts out of a DL, you can save the DL as a text file and import it to create individual contacts.  Saving the Read More

When you have Contacts in the Contacts folder but they are not accessible when you click on the To button, you need to check these settings: Make sure the Contact folder is enabled as an email address book. Right click the Contacts folder, choose Read More

Oh where, oh where are the address book options? Not all in one place. :) 1. Address book's Tools, Options menu. (Ctrl+Shift+B to open the address book) If you only have one source of addresses you won't need to use the dialog. But if you have multiple Read More

A surprisingly common complaint involves the Children field on Contacts.Outlook automatically sorts the names alphabetically, so if you enter the names by age: "Liz, Jessie, Cecilia", Outlook changes the order to "Cecilia, Jessie, Liz". Is there a way Read More

In previous versions of Outlook, most forms had a field on the lower right called Contacts which you could use to link a contact to an item which would then show up on the Activities tab. You either used this feature, or you didn't and for those who use Read More