How To: Use Contacts and Contact Groups in Outlook

Learn how to save contacts in Outlook, make a contact group so you can email several people at once, and import contacts from another account.

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New Outlook and Outlook on the web
Classic Outlook (Windows)
Add a contact
Select People on the left, then New contact.
Select People > New Contact.
Make a contact group
In People, select New contact list, name it, and add people.
Select People > New Contact Group.
Import contacts
In People, select Manage contacts > Import contacts and choose a .csv file.
Select File > Open & Export > Import/Export.

Email a contact group

Type the group's name in the To line of a new email, and Outlook fills in everyone in it.

  • A contact group is just for you. Coworkers can't see or use it.
  • Everyone at NCU is already in the address book, so you only need to save contacts from outside NCU.
  • Each person in a contact group counts toward your sending limits. See Email Sending Limits at NCU.

Get help

Still need help? Submit a request through Microsoft Office 365 E-mail & Calendar, call the IT Service Desk at 612.343.4170, or visit Miller Hall 226.