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How to add contacts to Outlook?

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Outlook is one of the most popular email clients in the world, used by millions of people for their personal and professional communication needs. One of the most useful features of Outlook is the ability to store and manage contacts in one central location. Adding contacts to Outlook is easy and can be done in just a few steps.

In this article, we have discussed how you can add contacts from emails and how to add contacts from scratch.

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How to add contacts from emails?

Below we have explained the steps to add a contact from an email.

Step 1: Open the message from the person whom you want to add to your contact list, opening the message will open the details of the person. Right-click on the Person’s name.

Step 2: In the dropdown menu, click on the Add to Outlook Contacts option.

Step 3: In the window that appeared, add the details about the contact and then click on the Save button.


How to add contacts from scratch?

If you have no messages from the person that you want to add to your contacts, to help you below we have explained the steps to add contacts from scratch.

Step 1: Open Outlook and click on the People icon located in the icon bar on the left side of the screen.

Step 2: Click on the New Contact option from the menu located at the top.

Step 3: Fill in all the details about the contact you want to add to your contact list and then click on the Save and Close option located exactly where the New Contact option was available.

Step 4: It is an additional step if you want to add another contact immediately after you have added a contact then click on the Save and New option after filling in the details of the contact.

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Akash Singh

Akash Singh

Akash is a law graduate who likes to go for bike rides on the weekends soul-searching for answers to his many existential questions. You can contact him here: singhakash95@pm.me

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