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1. Reach out with contact groups (distribution lists)
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Create a contact group
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On the Navigation bar, click People.
Under My Contacts, pick where you want to
add the contact group. For this example, click
Contacts.
Click Home > New Contact Group.
On the Contact Group tab, in the Name
box, type a name for the group.
Click Add Members, and then add people
from your address book or contacts list. To add
someone who is not in your address book or
contacts, create or add a person as a contact.
Click Save and Close.
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Double-click the name to add it to the To box,
and then click OK.
Remove names from a
contact group
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On the Navigation bar, click People to view
your contacts.
Double-click the contact group to open it.
Select the names you want to remove from
the group, and then on the Contact Group
tab, click Remove Member.
Click Save & Close.
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Send an email message to a
contact group
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Click Home > New Email.
In the new email message, click To. The
Global Address Book is set as the default
address book in Outlook. However, you can
change the address book. To change the
address book, under Address Book, click the
down arrow and choose a different address
book.
In the Search box, type the name of the
contact group.
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