{"id":576,"date":"2015-12-18T09:38:04","date_gmt":"2015-12-17T22:38:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/4it.com.au\/kb\/?post_type=article&p=576"},"modified":"2016-06-21T20:27:01","modified_gmt":"2016-06-21T09:27:01","slug":"how-to-create-a-contact-in-outlook-2016","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/4it.com.au\/kb\/article\/how-to-create-a-contact-in-outlook-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Create a Contact in Outlook 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"

In this article we are going to look at How to Create a New Contact in Outlook 2016. \u00a0We’ll go through the easy way to enter basic information and also cover in detail the various options you can add to a contact.<\/p>\n

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The Easy Way to Enter a Contact in Outlook 2016<\/h2>\n

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  1. Open your Contacts List<\/li>\n
  2. Click on the New Contact<\/strong> Button on the Ribbon<\/li>\n
  3. Fill in at a minimum the Full Name<\/strong> of the person and an email address<\/strong> and\/or phone number<\/strong><\/li>\n
  4. Click on the Save and Close<\/strong> Button<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Adding Detailed Information to a Contact In Outlook 2016<\/h2>\n
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    1. Open your Contacts List<\/li>\n
    2. Click on the\u00a0New Contact<\/strong> Button on the Ribbon<\/li>\n
    3. Click on the Full Name Button <\/strong>and fill in the required details, Click OK<\/strong><\/strong>\"Contact-Outlook-2016-Full-Name\"
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      \nWhat you should have noticed is that there are a few options down the side in Boxes. \u00a0Just as we have clicked on the Full Name\u00a0<\/strong>box to enter more detailed information about the contact, you can do the same with the other boxes such as Email, Business Phone etc… \u00a0Next to each of the boxes is a drop down arrow. \u00a0Clicking on this will let you change the Field which is displayed in the box. \u00a0In the example below you can see how that these fields can be changed to many different options:      \"Contact-Dropdown-Office-2016\"<\/a><\/p>\n

       <\/li>\n

    4. Contact Picture<\/strong> – If you click on the contact picture you can select a photo from your computer for your newly created contact\"Contact-Picture-Outlook-2016\"<\/a>\n

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    5. Map It Button<\/strong> – If you’ve enter the address correctly, clicking on this will open a web page with Bing Maps where you see the location on a Map\"Outlook-2016-Map-It-Button\"<\/a>\n

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    6. Last but not least – the big Notes section on the right hand side is where you can add any other details about the contact<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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      In this article we are going to look at How to Create a New Contact in Outlook 2016. \u00a0We’ll go through the easy way to enter basic information and also cover in detail the various options you can add to a contact.   The Easy Way to Enter a Contact in Outlook 2016 Open your […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","article-category":[],"article-tag":[463,626],"class_list":["post-576","article","type-article","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","article-tag-outlook-2016-how-to","article-tag-outlook-2016-how-to-add-contacts"],"yasr_visitor_votes":{"stars_attributes":{"read_only":false,"span_bottom":false},"number_of_votes":2,"sum_votes":9},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/4it.com.au\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/576","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/4it.com.au\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/4it.com.au\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/article"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/4it.com.au\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/4it.com.au\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=576"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/4it.com.au\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/576\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/4it.com.au\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=576"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"article-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/4it.com.au\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article-category?post=576"},{"taxonomy":"article-tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/4it.com.au\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article-tag?post=576"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}