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You want to telephone a potential vendor, New England Seafood Company. You can quickly locate the contact by clicking a letter or scrolling through Contacts.

Screenshot shows a sample of contact names in Outlook.

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Use the keyboard to locate a contact   In address cards view, type the name of the contact as it appears in the contact list. Outlook locates the contact and highlights it.

Need to remember more than just a name and phone number?   You can add notes to a contact for future reference. Or click File, Item, or Object (Insert menu) to attach a document, Outlook item, or graphic to the contact.

Send contact information in an e-mail message   If you want to share a contact with someone else, select the contact and then click Forward (Contact menu).

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Different Ways to View Your Contacts

Contacts are displayed in address card format by default. You can change the display by selecting from the Current view box.

Screenshot shows selections in the Current view box.

You can also customize the display by setting options for sorting, filtering, and grouping information. For more information, see Customize the Way You Display Information.

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Want to know more?   Look up Getting Results - Contacts in Help.


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