Sending an E-mail to a Contact

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After you create a new contact or open an existing one to whom you want to send an e-mail message, click the New Message to Contact button in the Contact window.

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An Untitled Message window opens with the selected contact's e-mail address entered in the To field. Type a subject for the message into the Subject field.

INTRODUCTION

When you send e-mail messages, it's much easier (and less error prone) to select the intended recipient from a contact list than it is to type the recipient's e-mail address manually. That's why Outlook enables you to create a new e-mail message from within the Contacts window.

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A Shortcut

If you prefer, simply click?rather than open?the contact to whom you want to send an e-mail message in the contact list, and then click the New Message to Contact button on the main Outlook toolbar.

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Click in the message area and type the contents of the message.

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Click the Send button. Assuming you are online and have set up Outlook to automatically send your messages, the message will be sent.

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More Info on E-mail

You can get more information about sending e-mail in Part 2, "Creating E-mail Messages."