How to add a new Outlook Contact from My Users tab

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You can add a new Outlook Contact directly from the My Users tab of the OutShare Settings form. To do so:

1. Open the My Users tab on the OutShare Settings form.

2. Do one of the following:

• If you want to add a new Contact who does not belong to your Service Account (Service Account is the space on the server where the personal data of each user, created within this Account, and public folders data, common to all users, is stored. The size of the particular Service Account and number of its active users are limited by the type and number of purchased licenses. Each Service Account has a unique name), select Contacts or Contacts type folder from the Show Users from the: combo box.

3. Click the Add New Contact button on the right. Standard Outlook form for new Contact appears. Fill in all necessary fields for a Contact and click the Save and Close button the same way you do it in Outlook. All details of the new Contact are saved.

• If you want to add your Service Account user to Outlook Contacts, select your Service Account or Department on the Show Users from the: combo box.

Select one of the default user groups within the Service Account/Department – All Users or Administrators – from the Belonging to Group: combo box.

3. Select the user you want to add to your Outlook Contacts from the list and click the Add to Contacts button. The standard Outlook form for new Contact appears. The fields are already filled in with all known user details. Add any necessary information if you wish and click the Save and Close button the same way you do it in Outlook.  All details of the new Contact are saved.

4. Click OK to exit the form.

Note: If the newly added Contact hasn't appeared in the Contacts list on the My Users tab, navigate to the other folder on the Show Users from the: combo box and then return back to the previous folder.