Finding contacts

As your Contacts list grows, you may find it helpful to search for contacts rather than simply look through the list hoping to find what you are looking for. At the top right of the Contacts window is a search field in which you type the text you are looking for. Outlook automatically filters the contacts to show only those that match what you have entered. An example is shown in Figure 29-6. If no matches occur, a message to that effect is displayed.

FIGURE 29-6
Searching for contacts.

After conducting a search, click the X next to the search box to clear the search and return to displaying all contacts.

The search I have just described searches all the contact fields for the text you entered. If you want to search in specific fields, you can perform an advanced search by clicking the double down arrow to the right of the search box. Outlook displays the advanced search tools, as shown in Figure 29-7. (Your screen may show different fields than are shown in the figure.) Following are ways to use these tools:

  • Type in any of the search fields to search in that field only.
  • Type in two or more search fields to display records that meet all your criteria.
  • To include more fields in the search, click the Add Criteria button and then select the desired fields from the menu.
  • To clear each criteria and return to a display of all contacts, click the X next to the search box.
  • To close the advanced search tools (while keeping the search active), click the double up arrow to the right of the search field.

FIGURE 29-7
Performing an advanced search in Contacts.

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