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These are the icons you'll see when you are looking in the Contacts folder. At the end are icons Exchange server users might see in the Global Address Book (GAL).
Icons | Description |
 | Contact Form |
 | Distribution list |
 | Journal-enabled Contact (Tools, Options, Journal Options, Contacts that are checked) Not supported in Outlook Live. |
 | Custom Contact form. If you are using a custom contact form, you'll see the generic note icon with those forms in most cases, unless you assigned an icon to the form. In some cases, the generic icon is used instead of the one you selected. |
Exchange users may have the following icons in the GAL:
Icons | Description |
 | Contact (not user) – usually an address outside the organization |
| Distribution list |
 | Mail-enabled Public Folder (folder name uses bold font) |
 | Query Based Distribution List (Exchange 2003) |
Journal Icons
The icons that you'll see in the journal folder are normal icons for the file or item type, but have a small clock in the lower left corner. Only Contacts that are configured to be journaled (in Tools, Options) will have a clock on their icon in their own folder.
Icons | Description |
 | Journaled Task |
 | Journeled Task response or Task Request |
| Remote Mail Session | |
 | Journal-enabled Contact (Tools, Options, Journal Options, Contacts that are checked) |
Mail | Calendar & Tasks | Contacts & Journal
Rules & Alerts | Toolbars | More Icons
Published May 14, 2011. Last updated on October 25, 2020.
