Outlook Tips

Learning Microsoft Outlook One Tip At A Time

Diane Poremsky [Outlook MVP]

contacts

Tip 1001: Add a Second Mapping Service to Outlook Contacts

Would you like to be able to use two mapping services with Outlook? You can, using VBA. I have the VBA code sample at Use VBA to Map a Contact’s Address. Paste the code into Outlook's VBA Editor and create a toolbar or ribbon button for the macro. Select contact and run the macro. My sample code uses Zillow.com as the mapping service, but you can use any site that … [Read more...] about Tip 1001: Add a Second Mapping Service to Outlook Contacts

Tip 956: Too Many Contact Folders?

One complaint I get all the time (and often make myself) is about the ridiculous folder clutter on the Contacts and Calendar navigation pane when you have multiple email accounts in your profile.Every account that has it's own data file will have a Contacts and a Suggested Contacts folder. Every Exchange or Hotmail connector account will have it's own Calendar (and often … [Read more...] about Tip 956: Too Many Contact Folders?

Tip 933: Display the Total Number of Members in a Contact Group

A user wanted to know if Outlook can display the total count of members of a Contact Group (distribution list). Yes, this is possible. Open the Contact Group and click Forward > In Internet Format. This creates a new message with the contents of the DL in a text file. Double click on the attachment (named "group_name.txt") to open the file then go to the View menu, … [Read more...] about Tip 933: Display the Total Number of Members in a Contact Group