Tag: Outlook contact groups
How to edit adhoc contact group members in Outlook 2013-2016
Starting with Outlook ‘2013, the use of contact cards were introduced altering the behavior of what many people were used to in previous versions. For example, if the contact folder was set to a non-list type of view (i.e. People or card) and you clicked on a contact, a contact card would appear instead of […]
How to quickly create an Outlook Contact Group from existing contacts
Crating a Contact group involves selecting one contact at a time which can be somewhat of a time consuming process especially if multiple contact groups need to be created. There is however a way to create Contact Group selecting multiple contacts either assigned to a particular category or filtered in any other way using the […]
How to save an Outlook Contact Group
A question that comes up frequently is “How can I export a contact group” or “I exported my contact folder and the contact group(s) are missing – why?” Contact Groups (formerly known as Personal Distribution Lists) are not and can not be exported via the Outlook export wizard. An Outlook Contact Group is a special […]
Understanding Outlook.com Contact Groups/Distribution Lists
A frequent misunderstood issue/question involving Outlook ‘2013 found on many forums related to Contact Groups (formerly known as Distribution Lists – DLs) goes along the lines of “Why can I no longer create Contact Groups using Outlook ‘2013?” The issue being referred to is the greyed out which only occurs when dealing with an Outlook.com […]
