When it’s not what you know but who you know, you need a good tool for keeping track of who’s who. Outlook 2013 is a great tool for managing your names and addresses, and it’s just as easy to use as your Little Black Book.
To enter a new contact, click the People button in the Navigation bar and click the New Contact icon in the Ribbon.
![To enter a new contact, click the People button in the Navigation bar and click the New Contact icon in the Ribbon.](https://www.dummies.com/wp-content/uploads/354317.image0.jpg)
The New Contact entry form opens.
Fill in the blanks on the form and click the Save & Close button.
![Fill in the blanks on the form and click the Save & Close button.](https://www.dummies.com/wp-content/uploads/354319.image2.jpg)
Presto — you have a Contacts list.
To create a new contact record, click the Mail button in the Navigation bar (or press Ctrl+1).
![To create a new contact record, click the Mail button in the Navigation bar (or press Ctrl+1).](https://www.dummies.com/wp-content/uploads/354321.image4.jpg)
A list of your current incoming e-mail messages appears.
Select the message for which you want to make a contact record and drag the selected message to the People button in the Navigation bar.
![Select the message for which you want to make a contact record and drag the selected message to the People button in the Navigation bar.](https://www.dummies.com/wp-content/uploads/354323.image6.jpg)
The New Contact form opens, with the name and e-mail address of the person who sent the message filled in.
If you want to include more information, type it into the appropriate box on the New Contact form.
![If you want to include more information, type it into the appropriate box on the New Contact form.](https://www.dummies.com/wp-content/uploads/354325.image8.jpg)
You can change existing information or add information — the company for whom the person works, the postal mail address, other phone numbers, personal details (say, whether to send a complimentary gift of freeze-dried ants for the person’s pet aardvark), and so on.
If the body of the e-mail message contains information you want to use as contact information, select that information and drag it to the appropriate box of the New Contact form.
Click the Save & Close button.
![Click the Save & Close button.](https://www.dummies.com/wp-content/uploads/354327.image10.jpg)
You now have the e-mail address and any other information for the new contact stored for future reference.