#ADD NEW CONTACTS TO OUTLOOK UPGRADE#
It happens EVERY time they upgrade Office, for example. There are SO many other examples than this. Proving that, yes, MS ALWAYS deletes the functions that are absolutely essential and basic to whatever program it is they have created. Name me one other email program where you have to do this-answer is none, b/c it is a basic element of an email program. What is the point of ANYĮmail program if you have to RETYPE the information you just had to type (or copy) in just moments before? And that you have to add them INDIVIDUALLY with numerous clicks and wait time to do so is beyond ridiculous. To NOT be able to add a contact with a click after having just sent an email is beyond ludicrous. The issue is that MS ALWAYS deletes the functions that are absolutely essential and basic to whatever program it is they have created.
#ADD NEW CONTACTS TO OUTLOOK HOW TO#
Want it (or they are too lazy/miserly to spend the programming time to figure out how to make it work in the upgrade). MS LOOOOVES to take a completely useful function and, in the next update, delete it for no obvious reason just b/c THEY decide they no longer Please tell me MS hasn't done what it has done about 100 times in the past (can a leopard change its spots?). Just click at the contact > toolbar at top, click Delete.
Edit option will not appear if you click at the contact's checkbox.
Edit option will not appear until you have selected a contact.Ģ. In the same People window, toolbar at top, click New > enter the required info into the boxes > click Save when done.Ĭlick at the contact's name ( NOT its check box ) > toolbar at top, click Edit.ġ. Open > top left next to the logo Outlook, there is a down arrow > click the arrow > click People > All your contacts are now listed on the left. How to add new contacts to your main contact list : If yes, please follow these simple steps. In Hotmail I just needed to click on 'add to contacts' but Outlook does not appear tp haveīy reading your post your question is about adding new contacts to your MAIN contact list, not your Group contat list. I have sent an email to a new contact and I want to add them to my contacts list. I have recently been upgraded to Outlook from Hotmail. When viewing their details, click on Edit in the top menu bar to edit or add details. You can choose edit if you have clicked on a single contact (name or picture) in the list on the left to see their details on the right. If you click on Delete and click Delete in the confirmation box, the selected contacts will be deleted. When you select one or many contacts, you will see a top menu bar option for Delete. Your selected contacts will then be updated to be added or removed from the groups you chose as appropriate. You can uncheck to remove or check to add, the selection of contact(s) to the chosen groups, and then click on Apply to apply the changes. If you click on this, then it will display the list of groups with a check box checked for each group that the contact(s) is/are a member of. Whether you select one or many contacts, you will see a top menu bar option for Groups. If you click on a contact name in the list, the details for that contact will appear on the right.Īlternatively, if you click on the check box to the left of the contact picture, you can build up a list of selected contacts on the right by clicking on the check box to the left of multiple contacts. If you click on this you should see the groups you created in the past.Ĭlick on any of these to filter your list to just the contacts in that group. You can also get to Calendar or Skydrive in the same manner.Ībove the search box at the top of the Contact list on the left, is a filter option which says "All ". Hover the cursor over the People logo and click on the down-arrow that appears on the right of the People logo. To access People from, hover the cursor over the Outlook logo in the top left and click on the down-arrow that appears to the right of the Outlook logo. We’ve outlined some common “How-To’s” of People below.