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Modifying Your Address Book

  • Open your address book from within Outlook by clicking on the address book icon as shown below:
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  • The Address Book dialog will open

Address book dialog with address list drop down box circled

  • You can navigate your address lists with the drop down menu
  • You cannot add/alter someone in the Global Address List as it is managed by the Exchange server - but you can modify the data for a person in the Global Address List after you copy them to your Contacts list. To do this:
    • Right click on the persons name in the Global Address List OR double click their name and click the Add to Contacts button
    • Select Add to Contacts
    • The Contact dialog will open allowing you to add/alter any fields you want
    • When you Save this entry, this person will be copied to your Contacts address list with the altered information
    • You can now reference the altered information by looking at your Contacts address list