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WindowsHandy shortcuts and file handling

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OutlookContacts

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Organize contacts (1)

• Folder group• New

Right click an existing folder group (e.g. ‘My Contacts’, next select ‘New Folder Group’

• Enter a name and press Enter

• Arrange• Drag and drop to desired place

• Delete• Right click an existing folder group, select

‘Delete Group’.• Note: existing items will be deleted

• (Ex. 1.1)

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Organize contacts (2)• Contact folder

• New• Right click existing folder (e.g. ‘Contacts’), select

‘New Folder’ and enter a name• ‘Folder contains: Contact Items’• Select were to place the folder and press the OK

button• E.g. select your e-mail account (top folder) or select

an existing folder (sub folder)

• Arrange• Right click, select ‘Move Folder’, next follow the

‘New’ steps from above.

• Delete• Right click folder > ‘Delete Folder’

• (Ex. 1.2)

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Create contacts• Select your desired contact folder

• New Contact• <CTRL + N>

• Ability to add multiple phones, e-mail addresses and normal addresses

• Show• General: primary information• Detail: secondary information• All fields: access other fields

• Communicate• Send e-mail• Create a meeting• Assign task• Start IM (e.g. Lync)• …

• (Ex. 2)

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Edit & delete contacts

• Edit• Double click on contact in your contact view

• Change desired info• Save and close

• Delete• Select contact & press the <Delete> key• Right click contact > Delete• Home > Delete > Delete

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View contacts (1)

• Select your contact folder

• Select view• Contacts > Home > Current View

• E.g. Business card, list, …

• Edit View• Right click current view > View Settings

• Show/hide columns• Grouping, sorting, filtering, …• Mark-up

• (Ex. 3)

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View contacts (2)

• Manage views• Home > Current View > bottom right

arrow > Manage Views• Add or modify views• Apply current view to all contact folders

• Create new view• Type of view• Apply parameters

• E.g.• Which columns?• Mark-up• Group-by• Sort

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Searching contacts

• Select your contact folder

• Enter your criteria in the quick search bar or use the shortcut <CTRL + E>

• Use more criteria or filters by using the Search Tools ribbon (see LnL – Outlook Miscellaneous)

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Contact groups

• When?• Frequently communicate to same group

of people (internal and/or external contacts).

• Save time

• Similar to distribution lists

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Create a Contact group

• Select your contact folder

• Home > New > New Contact Group

• Options• Add members• Remove member• Update now

• Update contact details if contacts are added from an address book (e.g. global adress book).

• (Ex. 4)

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Sending messages to contacts• Contacts are a part of your address book

• Set-up a new mail• Mail > New E-mail > To…• Select a contact folder• Select a contact group or individual contacts

• In case a contact folder is not listed in address book

• Right click your contact folder• Select Properties > Outlook Address Book• Select the checkbox ‘Show this folder as an

e-mail Address Book’.

• (Ex. 5)

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Export & import contacts• This is not the same as contact sharing

• (see LnL – Outlook - Share info with your colleagues)

• Export• File > Options > Advanced > Export

• Export to a file > Comma Separated Values• Select Contact folder

• Contacts groups and members are only exported when ‘Outlook Data File’ is selected

• Import• File > Open > Import

• Multiple import options• Commonly used: ‘Import from another program or file’ >

‘Comma Seperated Values’ (.CSV)

• (Ex. 6)

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