Contacts and Tasks

Add a Contact

Keep track of everyone you communicate with by creating and editing contacts in Outlook. Once you’ve saved someone as a contact, you can type the first few letters of their name into an email, and Outlook will fill in their email address for you.

Add a contact from an email

1. Right-click a name on the To, Cc, Bcc, or From line.

2. Select Add to Outlook Contacts.

3. Add any additional details you want.

4. Select Save & Close.

Add a contact from scratch

1. Select People > New Contact.

2. Add any additional details you want.

3. Select Save & Close.

Create a Contact Group

If you often email a group of people, create a contact group in Outlook so you only need to email that contact group instead of individual emails.

Create a contact group

1. On the Navigation bar, choose People .

2. Select Home > New Contact Group.

3. In the Contact Group box, type the name for the group.

4. Select Contact Group > Add Members , and then select an option:

  • Select From Outlook Contacts.
  • Select From Address Book.
  • Select New E-mail Contact.

5. Add people from your address book or contacts list, and choose OK.

6. Choose Save & Close.

Send an email to a contact group

1. Select Home >New Email.

2. Select To.

3. In the Search box, type the name of the contact group.

4. Double-click the name to add it to the To box, and then select OK.

Import Contacts

In Outlook, you can export your contacts into a .pst file to make them portable and easier to move.

1. Select File.

2. Select Open & Export > Import/Export.

3. Select Export to a file > Next.

4. Select Outlook Data File (.pst) > Next.

5. Under the email account you want to export contacts from, select Contacts.

6. Select Browse… and go to where you want to save your .pst file.

7. Type in a file name and then select OK.

Note: If you’ve previously exported a .pst file, the name of your last file will be in the dialog box—you’ll have to overwrite it. And if you’re exporting to an existing .pst, under Options, specify what to do when exporting items that already exist in the file.

8. Select Finish.

9. To set a password to protect your .pst file, type yours in the Password and Verify Password boxes, once more to confirm, and then select OK.

Note: If you’d like to bypass setting a password, leave the password boxes blank and select OK.

Export Contacts

In Outlook, you can export your contacts into a .pst file to make them portable and easier to move.

1. Select File.

2. Select Open & Export > Import/Export.

3. Select Export to a file > Next.

4. Select Outlook Data File (.pst) > Next.

5. Under the email account you want to export contacts from, select Contacts.

6. Select Browse… and go to where you want to save your .pst file.

7. Type in a file name and then select OK.

Note: If you’ve previously exported a .pst file, the name of your last file will be in the dialog box—you’ll have to overwrite it. And if you’re exporting to an existing .pst, under Options, specify what to do when exporting items that already exist in the file.

8. Select Finish.

9. To set a password to protect your .pst file, type yours in the Password and Verify Password boxes, once more to confirm, and then select OK.

Note: If you’d like to bypass setting a password, leave the password boxes blank and select OK.

Create Tasks

Create tasks and to-do list items in Outlook for Mac to help you stay organized.

1. Select the Tasks icon, and then select New Task.

2. Add a subject, date, and priority.

3. Select the Reminder checkbox if you’d like to set a reminder.

4. Select Save & Close.

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