Resources
Faculty/Staff Support: Microsoft Office
Outlook:Contacts
Add New Contact From Email Message Create A Distribution List
Add New Contact From Email Message
- Open the email message you would like to save the contact information from by double clicking on the message.
- Once the message is open, select the recipients email address by highlighting it.
- Click your right mouse button and select Add to Outlook Contacts.
- A new contact dialogue box will open with the name and email address filled in. Add any additional information you would like then click Save & Close
Create a Distribution List
An Outlook Distribution list is used when you send the same message to multiple people frequently.
- From Contacts click File, New, Distribution List.
- Give the Distribution List a name that is meaningful to you.
- Click Select Members to add from the global address list or your contacts list.
- Click Add New if the person's email address is not in the global address list or your contact list.
- Type the name of the person you would like to add, then double click their name. Continue this process until you have added all members. Click OK
- Click Save and Close and your distribution list is ready to use