Create a Contact from Email in Outlook Web App- Tutorial

Create a Contact from Email in Outlook Web App: Video Lesson

            This video lesson, titled “Adding Contacts from Email,” shows you how to create a contact from email in Outlook Web App in Office 365. This video lesson is from our complete Outlook Web App course for Office 365, titled “Mastering Outlook on the Web Made Easy v.2016.”

Create a Contact from Email in Outlook Web App: Overview

            When you receive an email from someone not yet in your contact list, you can easily add the person to your contact list. To create a contact from email in Outlook Web App, display the message in the Reading pane of the Outlook Web App and click the email address of the sender to open their “Contact card.” The Contact card is a small detail box that contains their name, email address, etc.

Create a Contact from Email in Outlook Web App- Tutorial: A picture of a user adding a new contact from an email within in Outlook Web App in Office 365.

            On the right side of the detail box is an “Add to contacts” link. Click the link and choose “Add to contacts” to open the contact creation pane. Since you are directed here through an email message, the “Email” and “Display as” fields will contain the email address of the sender.

            Fill out the remaining information in the pane and click “Save” to create a contact from email in Outlook Web App.

Create a Contact from Email in Outlook Web App: Instructions

1. To create a contact from email in Outlook Web App from an email you received, display the message in the Reading pane of the Outlook Web App and click the sender’s email address to open their “Contact card.”
2. Click “Add to contacts” to open the contact creation pane.
3. The “Email” and “Display as” fields will contain the email address of the sender.
4. Fill out the remaining information and click “Save” to add the new contact.