Share and Use an Attached Contact and Distribution List in Outlook
You can share one or several of your contacts as an attachment in an e-mail message to another person. This allows you to share information with other colleagues. You can also share a Distribution list with another person as well.
This How To gives directions on how to share a single or multiple contacts or distribution list(s) and how save a contact once it was sent to you. It also gives steps on how to share a distribution list.
Share one contact or distribution list
Save a Contact or Distribution that has been send to you
Share several contacts or distribution lists
Share one Contact or Distribution List
- Open a new Message in Outlook.
- Address it as you would normally.
- Enter the Subject and body text as you would normally.
- Outlook 2007: On the Message ribbon, in the Include group, click on Attach Item.
Outlook 2003: From the Insert menu, choose Item. - In the upper portion of the window, scroll to and choose Contacts.
- On the right side of the window, make sure that the option in the Insert As section is Attachment.
- In the lower window, scroll to the contact or distribution list that you are sending.
- Select the contact or distribution list.
- Click OK.
- The contact or distribution list now appears in the Attached line.
- Send the message when ready.
Share several Contacts or Distribution Lists
- Open a new Message in Outlook.
- Address it as you would normally.
- Enter the Subject and body text as you would normally.
- Outlook 2007: On the Message ribbon, in the Include group, click on Attach Item.
Outlook 2003: From the Insert menu, choose Item. - In the upper portion of the window, scroll to and choose Contacts.
- On the right side of the window, make sure that the option in the Insert As section is Attachment.
- In the lower window, scroll to the contact or distribution list that you are sending.
- Select that contact or distribution list.
- CONTROL click and choose the 2nd contact you want to send. Repeat as needed for additional contacts or distribution lists.
- When done, click OK.
- Send the message when ready.
Save a Contact or Distribution List that was sent to you.
- Open the message with the Contact or Distribution List as an attachment.
- Do NOT open the attachment.
- Click and drag the attachment to the Contacts Folder.
- As you click and drag, the cursor will turn into an arrow with a plus sign (+).
- After you drop the attachment onto the Contacts icon you should be able to close the message
- Open Contacts and see the contact or distribution list.
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