
The button to open the address book is found in the "Find" menu in the "Home" tab. With the address book added, you can now add, view and delete entries. In the first window, select "Additional Address Books" and click "Next." In the next window, click "Outlook Address Book" and then click "Next." A popup will tell you that you must restart Outlook, so close and restart the application. Click "New" and a window opens that will guide you through the steps of creating a new address book. In the image above, no address books exist, so we must create one. (Address Book configurations in Outlook settings)Ĭlick the "Address Books" tab and any configured and saved address books will display. Click "Account Settings" in the dropdown and your Outlook settings window displays. In the "Info" section of this page, you'll find the "Account Settings" button.


The settings to create a new address book are in the Outlook settings.Ĭlick the "File" tab. You must create your own that is then stored on your local computer. When you configure Outlook to work with an outside email service such as Gmail, only the account is configured with no address book. Unless you're using a corporate account that uses Microsoft Exchange server, you need to create an address book before you can add any contact entries. The term contact list and address books are used interchangeably in the email world. Outlook calls its contact list an address book.

An email application wouldn't be complete without the ability to store contacts.
