Creating a Contact Group in Outlook on a Mac

  1. In Outlook, go to the People section.
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  2. Click New Contact Group in the ribbon. If the button is greyed out, continue to step 3. Otherwise, skip to step 6.
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  3. Go to Outlook at the top and then Preferences....
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  4. Click General.
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  5. Uncheck the box beside Hide On My Computer folders. The New Contact List button should now be active.
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  6. Give your contact group a name in the text box.
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  7. To add members, click the green Add button in the ribbon.
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  8. In the text box below, type the username of the user you wish to add and double-click or press enter to add them. Repeat for additional group members.
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  9. When you have added all of the members to the contact group, click Save & Close in the ribbon.
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  10. To send an email to that group, type the group name in the To: field of a new email.
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  11. To edit the group’s members, go back to the People section (as in step 1) and double-click on the name of the group.
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