Creating a Contact Database

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Acknowledgments

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Introduction

Pt. : I Looking at Office from a Bird's-eye View

Pt. : II Getting Started with Word

Pt. : III Making Documents Look Better

Pt. : IV Using Word to Manage Documents

Pt. : V Managing Contacts, Email, and Tasks in Outlook

Ch. 14. Touring with Outlook

Ch. 15. Managing Outlook Folders

Ch. 16. Working with Outlook Contacts

Putting Contacts into Action

Managing Your Contacts Database

Gaining More Control Over Your Contacts

Details Tab: Keeping Track of the Small Stuff

Displaying Contacts in Different Views

Deleting an Outlook Folder

Creating a Contact Database

Adding the First Contacts

Add a Contact from the Same Company

Understanding Categories and Items

Providing Additional Information About a Contact

Manipulating the Contacts

Dialing a Contact

Display Different Printing Options

Summary

Ch. 17. Emailing with Outlook

Ch. 18. Scheduling with Outlook's Calendar

Ch. 19. Managing Tasks

Pt. : VI Making Outlook Work the Way You Do

Pt. : VII PowerPoint Presentations for Your Audience

Pt. : VIII Making Your Presentations Shine

Pt. : IX Jazzing Up PowerPoint Presentations

Pt. : X Designing Web Sites with FrontPage

Pt. : XI Making FrontPage Do More Work

Pt. : XII Analyzing Numerical Information with Excel

Pt. : XIII Integrating Excel into Your Work

Index

Creating a Contact Database

The following steps take you through the process of creating a new Contacts folder and adding 10 contacts. This will give you a Contacts database to work with.

1.	Click the Contacts shortcut on the Outlook Bar. Choose File, New, Folder. The Create New Folder dialog box, shown in Figure 16.5, is displayed. Figure 16.5. The Create New Folder dialog box is used to create a place to store the contacts you're going to create.
2.	In the Name text box, type `India Contacts`. Make sure that the Folder Contains text box reads Contact Items. The Contacts folder should be selected in the Select Where to Place the Folder window. Click OK. When you're asked if you want to add a shortcut to the Outlook Bar, click Yes.
3.	Click the My Shortcuts icon in the Outlook Bar. Click the India Contacts icon. No data is currently contained in this folder.

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Creating a Contact Database

Figure 16.5. The Create New Folder dialog box is used to create a place to store the contacts you're going to create.