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OL2000: How to Print Your Contacts List

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SUMMARY

This article describes how to print contacts when you use the default print styles in Outlook.

When you use Outlook, you can print your Contacts list in several different styles. These styles include Card, Small Booklet, Medium Booklet, Memo, Phone Directory, and Table. The styles that you see listed in the Page Setup dialog box are different for each Contact list view that you choose.

To print your Contacts list, first choose the view that is most appropriate to how you want your Contacts list to print. The following topics discuss which print styles are available with each view of your Contacts list.

Print Styles

Card, Small Booklet, Medium Booklet, and Phone Directory

The Card, Small Booklet, Medium Booklet, and Phone Directory styles are available in both the Address Cards view and the Detailed Address Cards view.

Table Style

The Table style is only available in Table Formatted views. These views include Phone List, By Category, By Company, By Location, and By Follow-up Flag.

Memo Style

The Memo style is available in any view. It is used to print details about individual contacts. Click the contact that you want before you choose this style.

How to Change Views

To change the view of your contacts:

Start Outlook, and then open your Contacts folder.
On the View menu, point to Current View, and then click the view that you want.

How to Print Your Contacts List

To print your contacts list:

Start Outlook, and then open your Contacts folder.
On the View menu, point to Current View, and then click the view that you want.
On the File menu, click Print.
In the Print Styles list, click the print style that you want, and then click OK.

NOTE: If you follow these steps to print your Contacts list, it prints in the default style for the view that you choose. These styles are listed in the "Table Styles" section of this article.

How to Choose Print Styles

On the File menu, point to Page Setup, and then click the print style that you want.
Click Print.

How to View the Page Before It Is Printed

On the File menu, point to Page Setup, and then click the style that you want.
Click Print Preview to view the contact list before you print it.
Click Print.

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