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Adding a contact to your address book in Outlook 2003

Outlook 2003 includes a personal address book. Follow these instructions to add a new contact to your Outlook address book.

To add new contacts to your Outlook Address Book, follow the directions below.
  1. Open Outlook.
  2. Click Tools > Address Book....
  3. Click File > New Entry....
  4. Select New Contact and click OK.
  5. Type the person's full name in the Full Name field on the left side of the window.
  6. Type the person's email address in the E-mail... field on the right side of the window.
  7. All other fields are optional. If you prefer, you may fill out any and all other fields. (fig. 1)
  8. When you are done, click Save and Close.
You can also add contacts to your Outlook Address Book based on emails you've received.
  1. Open an email you've received.
  2. Right-click on the sender's name or email address at the top of the message.
  3. From the pop-up menu, click Add to Outlook Contacts....
  4. A New Contact window will appear; the person's name and email address will already be completed. Fill out any other information you'd like to store about the person.
  5. When you are done, click Save and Close.
Here are some tips:
  • When composing a new email message, click To... to open a list of contacts in your address book.
  • If you are adding many contacts to your address book, use the Save and New button (located directly to the right of the Save and Close button).