[DEPRECATED] Outlook for Mac Contact Group Creation

IMPORTANT: This article is deprecated and will not work with modern versions of Outlook for Mac.   

Please see this article instead: https://helpdesk.viewpoint.org/hc/en-us/articles/20782411932813-Contact-Lists-in-Outlook-for-Web 

Create a contact list and add or remove people in Outlook for Mac

1. At the bottom of the left navigation pane, select People.

2. On the Home tab, select New Contact List.

   

   Important: If the New Contact List option is greyed out, set your preferences to Show my "On My Computer folders (SEE BELOW), and then return to finish creating your contact list.

   Show my "On My Computer" folders

   To view your On My Computer folders, do the following:

   1. On the Outlook menu, select Preferences.

      

   2. In the Outlook Preferences box, under Personal Settings, select General.

   3. In the General box, clear the Hide On My Computer folders checkbox.

      

     Now that we took care of that we can now create the contact list

3. On the Home tab, select New Contact List. and enter a name for the contact list.

4. Do any of the following:

   To	Do this
   Add a person from your contacts, or add a person with whom you've recently exchanged email	Select Add   , type the first few letters of the person or group's name, and select the name from the pop-up menu.
   Add a person who is not in your contacts or with whom you haven't recently exchanged email	Select Add   , and type the person's email address.
   Prevent message recipients from seeing the addresses of other group members	Select the Use Bcc to hide member information check box.