Now if after you update your Outlook version, you find your contacts missing from the Outlook Address Book, here is what you need to do to restore your address book in Microsoft Outlook. For example, if you have an important contact, you could create a rule to alert you any time an e-mail comes from them.The auto-complete feature in Outlook, automatically generates the address of the recipient, when you try to send an email message across.

Setup rules through the Microsoft Rules Wizard to perform certain tasks when receiving an e-mail from a particular user.

Groups are created in the Address Book section.

For example, you could create a group of your family contacts and type 'Family' in the e-mail to e-mail all your family members.

If you create groups of contacts, you may e-mail multiple people at once.

You can also press Ctrl+ K while typing to have the name autocomplete. Typing a name in an e-mail brings up the contact for the user, and send the e-mail to the user's primary e-mail address.

You no longer need to remember someone's e-mail address knowing their name will suffice.

Below are examples of the added utility contacts bring. Saving contacts increases your productivity in Microsoft Outlook. You can also add a new contact by opening an incoming e-mail message, right-click the name of the person you want to create a contact for, and select Add to Contacts. If you only need to create the newly entered contact, click the Save & Close option.

If you need to save the newly entered contact and add another contact, click the Save & New option.

Under the Home tab in the Ribbon, click the New Contact option in the 'New' section at the top-left.

With Microsoft Outlook open, click the People option in the strip at the bottom-left of the screen.

Click the New option to add a new contact.

When logged in to your e-mail account, click the down arrow next to the Outlook logo and name in the upper-left corner.

Follow the steps below for the version of Outlook on your computer, including the online e-mail service. The steps to add a contact in Microsoft Outlook depends on the version of Outlook you use.

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