contacts

Outlook's Contact (and Journal) Icons

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).IconsDescriptionContact FormDistribution listJournal-enabled Contact (Tools, Options, Journal Options, Contacts that are checked) Not supported in Outlook Live.Custom … [Read more...] about Outlook's Contact (and Journal) Icons

Outlook Contacts are updating from the GAL

I receive a few complaints about a problem with Contacts being updated with content from the GAL: My personal contacts are being updated with information in the GAL. I have a personal contact for another person that is in the GAL and it has slightly different information than is in the GAL but Outlook synchronized this contact information with the GAL and replaced the … [Read more...] about Outlook Contacts are updating from the GAL

How many email address fields should be on a Contact form?

We get questions like the following every couple of months:Email addresses are used for more than sending emails. They are also used by social connector to bring together all information about a contact. Why are contact's limited to 3 contacts? There should be room for an unlimited number of email addresses per contact. Until this is rectified by Microsoft, how can I work … [Read more...] about How many email address fields should be on a Contact form?

How to remove Members from a Contact Group

When you want to remove members from a distribution group, click the Remove Members button, don't use the Delete key or button. If you use the Delete button () you'll delete the entire distribution group. Select the name (or names) and use the Remove Member button instead. (In older versions of Outlook the button name is just "Remove".) If you accidentally delete … [Read more...] about How to remove Members from a Contact Group

Tip 824: Import contact photos

A visitor to Outlook Forums wanted to know how to "import photos directly into Outlook through some type of script. The photos are named by last name then first name." You can use VBA to do this in Outlook 2007 and Outlook 2010. Code and instructions are at Batch Import Photos into Outlook Contacts … [Read more...] about Tip 824: Import contact photos