Getting Started

Click on the Learn by app link in the left column to find out more about contacts.

Quick Fixes:

Find & Merge Duplicate Entries: To combine duplicate address book entries for an individual, click on the More button near the top of the window and select Find & merge duplicates… from the list that appears. A window will appear indicating how many duplicates contacts you have. Click Merge to combine the duplicate contacts into a single contact for an individual.

Creating a Contact: From Google Contacts, click on the New Contact button in the left column. Enter the information for the new contact in the fields provided (at minimum, the Name and the Email fields should be completed). Click the Add to My Contacts button when the contact information is complete. (For additional information fields, click the Add button and select the field(s) you want to include.)

Creating Contact Groups: To create a Contact Group (a group of people you send messages to frequently), you first need to have Contacts created for each member you want to add to your Contact Group. From Google Contacts, click New Group in the left column. Enter the name of the group you want to create and click OK. The new group will appear in the left column. Click on My Contacts in the left column. Check the box next to each contact you wish to add to your group. Click on the Groups button at the top of the Contacts page. Select the group you want to add the contacts to (the contacts many already be a part of other groups and be marked as such). Select Apply at the botton of the pop-up menu. (If you are adding contacts from multiple pages of your Contacts, add contacts from one page at a time to a group.)

Creating Contact Groups from a list of e-mail addresses: If you have a list of e-mail addresses that you would like to have in a single Contact Group, and you do not already have a Contact created for each member, you can paste those addresses into a single Contact Group. First, copy the list of e-mail addresses you want to create a group with (select the text with the list of e-mail addresses, go to the Edit menu, and select Copy). From Google Contacts, click New Group in the left column. Enter the name of the group you want to create and click OK. The new group will appear in the left column. Click on the name of the new group you just created. Click on the Add to button (it looks like a person with a plus sign). A small text box will appear. Paste (go to the Edit menu and select Paste) the list of e-mail addresses that you want to create the group with. Click Add at the bottom of the text box. The e-mail addresses will appear as contacts in your Contact Group. You can add additional members to your existing Contact Groups from a list of e-mail addresses using the same method.