You can use the Outlook Address Book—a collection of address books or address lists created from your contact folders—to look up and select names, email addresses, and distribution lists when you address email messages.

Create an address book in Outlook 2013 or Outlook 2016 to look up and select names, email addresses, and contact groups when you send email.

Create, edit, or delete a contact list (or contact group) in Outlook. A contact list is a collection of email addresses and is useful for sending email to a group of people. If you want more robust functionality with your contact list, consider creating a Group in Outlook.

Use the Address Book box at the top of the page to select which set of addresses you want to view. By default, this box shows your organization’s address book, but you can select the address book you want to view.

To view other address books, in the Find group of the ribbon, choose Address Book. Use the drop-down list under Address Book to see all of the different address books and contacts lists in your organization.

In new Outlook, you have the option to: Sort contacts | Add a contact to favorites | Categorize your contacts | Add people in your organization. You can sort your contacts by the first or last name, company, home city, work city, or recently added. On the navigation bar in new Outlook, select People.

Use the People page to create, view, and edit contacts, contact lists, and groups. Create new contacts from scratch, or add someone as a contact from their profile card. You can create a simple contact list for sending email to a group of people, or create groups for group-based collaboration.

The Outlook Address Book is created automatically and contains the contacts in your default Contacts folder that lists either e-mail addresses or fax numbers. These contacts are displayed in the Address Book dialog box when you click Contacts in the Address Book list.

You can use the Outlook Address Book—a collection of address books or address lists created from your contact folders—to look up and select names, email addresses, and distribution lists when you address email messages.

The People app is your address book and your social app all in one. You can add your contacts and keep in touch with friends and family on Skype—all from a single app.