Set Default Address Book in Outlook 2010

2011-03-25 | Filed Under Uncategorized

So, I got a new PC at work, and I moved to Outlook 2010. A great annoyance was that whenever I tried sending email, the entire global corporate address book popped up. After some time searching, I figured out how to change this setting, and thought I should record my steps.

  1. First, launch Outlook 2010 and look in the lower-left-hand corner. There will be options for “Mail”, “Calendar”, “Contacts”, and so forth. Some may be visible with medium-sized icons and a word, others may be collapsed as tiny options along the bottom. Select the one labeled “Contacts”.
  2. In the menu bar at the top, find and select “Home”.This will make the ribbon visible, but in a certain “Contacts” mode.
  3. On the far right-hand side of the ribbon, find and click the button for “Address List”. This will bring up a view of the address book. There are other ways to bring up the Address Book view, but this way brings it up with a menu bar.
  4. Select “Tools” then “Options” from the menu bar.
  5. This brings up the settings panel that allows you to control these settings. For myself, I chose a “Custom” order, I removed “Global Address List” completely and added my own corporate unit right below “Contacts”.

I hope someone else finds this documentation productive. I’m sure I will the next time I need to accomplish this task.

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7 Responses to “Set Default Address Book in Outlook 2010”

  1. John on 2012-06-20 11:29 am

    Thank you for posting this information.

    I have looked and looked for 2 years trying to find out why I could not set the default for the Address Book that was selected when creating an email.

    Great instructions – thanks for sharing

  2. Paul on 2012-07-31 9:17 pm

    Great instructions.

    Worked like a charm.

    Thank-you.

  3. Anonymous on 2012-08-07 11:14 am

    Thank you for helping me set up my default address book. Appreciate it!

  4. Susan Berland on 2012-11-26 3:29 pm

    I always forget how to do this. Thanks for helping me out. Saves so much time!

  5. RRT on 2012-12-14 3:14 pm

    Thanks, this saved me a bunch of hunting around. BTW this is now on the 1st page when you search for it in Google. So I guess I am not alone.

  6. ave on 2013-02-10 3:08 pm

    Thanks
    A real life saver (for me)
    What would I have done…?
    Dave

  7. alan on 2013-04-30 5:39 pm

    brilliant. thank you

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