Accessing Shared Outlook Contacts

Prerequisites / Minimum Requirements

  • Outlook installed
  • Windows PC

End State / Outcome

  You will be able to view your shared contacts in Outlook.

How to Steps

  1.   Select the Contacts icon option from within Microsoft Outlook.  Your contacts display.

                               Menu

  1.  Select the Open Shared Contacts button.  The Open Shared Contacts screen displays.

                                                   OpenShared

  1. Select the Name…button on the Open Shared Contacts screen.  The select Name screen then displays.

                                            SharedContactsName

  1.  Begin typing the name of the person whose contacts you want to open.  The names listing will jump to the nearest match to the text you have entered.
  2.       Select the name of the person whose contacts you want to open.
  3.        Select the OK button.  The Open Shared Contacts screen displays.

                                                 SelectNameContacts
 

  1.          Select OK button on the Open Shared Contacts screen.  Your contacts now display.

OpenDTS

  1.  The shared contacts now display in the side panel, located on the left side of the screen.

SharedLeft

  1.       Repeat these steps to open additional shared contacts.
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Article ID: 56
Created
Mon 10/16/23 6:15 PM
Modified
Wed 11/15/23 4:18 PM

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