How to add email address to outlook address book

In Microsoft Outlook, you can add contacts in the address book. Saving contacts in the address book helps users to organize information about people. Contacts are similar to an electronic card that saves a person’s information such as profile picture, street address, and phone numbers.

What is the difference between Contacts and Address Book in Outlook?

The difference between Contacts and Address Book is that Contacts is an external list of contacts, while an address book contains information about your acquaintances or people from your work.

How to add Contacts in the Address Book of Outlook

1. Launch Outlook
2. you can open a message, and you will see the person email shown in one of these lines From, To, Cc, or Bc
3. Right-click the email and select Add to Outlook Contacts.
4. In the Add to Outlook Contacts Window, fill out the details about the Contact
5. Select Save and close
6. Contact is saved

Launch  Outlook.

Open a message of a contact that you want to add to your address book.

To make a new contact entry from an incoming email message:

• Open the message or preview it in the Reading Pane.
• Right-click the name or email address of the sender in that pane to get a drop-down menu.
• Select Add To Outlook Contacts. The name and email address will now be filled in; feel free to expand on the entry appropriately.
• Click Save and Close when you�re finished.
• You can also drag an email message from the message list to the Calendar button on the Navigation Pane; this will have the same effect but will add the body of the email message to the comments section of the contact entry.

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

Outlook.com (online e-mail service)

1. When logged in to your Outlook.com e-mail account, click the down arrow next to the Outlook logo and name in the upper-left corner.
2. Click the People option.
3. Click the New option to add a new contact.
4. Enter all the contact's details.
5. Click Save to save the new contact.

Microsoft Outlook 2013 and later

1. With Microsoft Outlook open, click the People option in the strip at the bottom-left of the screen.
2. Under the Home tab in the Ribbon, click the New Contact option in the "New" section at the top-left.
3. Enter all the contact's details.
4. If you need to save the newly entered contact and add another contact, click the Save & New option. If you only need to create the newly entered contact, click the Save & Close option.

Tip

You can also add a 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 Outlook Contacts.

Microsoft Outlook 2007 and 2010

1. With Microsoft Outlook open, click the Contacts option at the bottom of the left navigation pane.
2. Under the Home tab in the Ribbon, click the New Contact option in the "New" section at the top-left.
3. Enter all the contact's details.
4. If you need to save the newly entered contact and add another contact, click the Save & New option. If you only need to create the newly entered contact, click the Save & Close option.

Tip

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 Outlook Contacts.

Microsoft Outlook 2003

1. With Microsoft Outlook open, click the Contacts option at the bottom of the left navigation pane.
2. In the menu at the top of the window, click File and select the New option. You can also click the New option in the toolbar at the top.
3. Enter all the contact's details.
4. If you need to save the newly entered contact and add another contact, click the Save & New icon. If you only need to create the newly entered contact, click the Save & Close option.

Tip

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.

Benefits of adding contacts

Saving contacts increases your productivity in Microsoft Outlook. Below are examples of the added utility contacts bring.

How do I add an email address to Outlook?

How do I add an email address to my address book?