Outlook 2016s group feature lets you create custom groups for.

Contacts at once by creating a custom contact group in Outlook 2016.

Create and edit a contact group Outlook 2011 (MAC) Create a contact group.

A contact group, also known as a distribution list, is a grouping of e-mail addresses collected under one name.

A message sent to a contact group goes to all recipients listed in the group.

Do any of the following: To Do this Add a person from your contacts, or add a person with whom youve recently exchanged email Select Add, type the first few letters of the person or groups name, and select the name from the pop-up menu.

Add a person who is not in your contacts or with whom you havent recently exchanged email Select Add, and type the persons email address.

Prevent message recipients from seeing the addresses of other group members Select the Use Bcc to hide member information check box.

Select Save Close.

The contact list appears in your Outlook contacts in the On My Computer folder.

You can send messages to the list exactly as you would to any person.

Notes: To delete a contact list, open the list, and then on the List tab, choose Delete.

Deleting a list does not delete contacts that you already have saved in Outlook or contacts from your organizations directory.

You can view the contact names in the header of a message or meeting request.

In the To box, select the arrow next to the name of the Contact List.

After the list is expanded, you cant collapse the list again in that message.

Show my On My Computer folders To view your On My Computer folders, do the following: On the Outlook menu, select Preferences.

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

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

If Contact Group is not available To create a contact group, you must set your preferences to show the On My Computer folders.

Under Folder list, clear the Hide On My Computer folders check box.

Do any of the following: To Do this Add a person from your contacts, or add a person with whom youve recently exchanged email Click Add, type the first few letters of the person or groups name, and then click the appropriate entry on the pop-up menu.

Add a person who is not in your contacts or with whom you havent recently exchanged email Click Add, and then type the persons email address.

Click Save Close.

The group appears in your Outlook contacts, and you can send messages to the group exactly as you would to one person.

Open Outlook 2016.

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