Contacts

Importing Address Book Information into Outlook Express

When you receive the information from the webmaster, it will be in the form of a series of email addresses in a Word document. To import these into your address book, proceed as follows:

Click an email address that you want to add; this will start up Outlook Express or whatever is your default email program with the address entered in the To: line
Double-click the email address in Outlook: this will bring up a window which includes a large Add to Address Book button - press it!
Press OK then close down the message window using the cross in the top right-hand corner.
The entry is now in your address book: repeat with the next address.

These instructions are included within the Word document which contains the addresses.

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Setting up email options in Internet Explorer or other Browser

In order for your browser to automatically start your email program, it may need to be configured.

You need (1) to have a default mail program set up (it almost certainly will be)

and (2) you need to have JavaScript capability, which means that a couple of options in you web browser settings need to be turned ON.

1. For the default email program: if you use MS Internet Explorer and Outlook Express and have not changed any settings you should need to donothing here - Microsoft set things so that Outlook is the default email program for Explorer.

If you use a different browser or email program, you may need to change the settings; proceed as follows:

(The menu selections are worded in terms of MS Internet Explorer, other browsers will have a slightly different menu route to get to the same options.)

Click Tools/Internet Options/Programs/email and select your email program from the drop-down list.
Click Apply/OK
That's it !

2. For the Javascript twiddlybits: on the Internet Explorer menu do this: ( you do not need to be online to do it)

Click Tools- Internet Options - "Security" tab -" Internet Zone" icon - "Custom level" button.

Now you can see a list of settings. Scroll down this until you see the "Scripting" item.

If it does not show all the options as in this picture, double-click the "Scripting" icon to expand the list.
Under "Active scripting" choose Enable.
Press OK and Yes to confirm and close the settings box then OK again to close the Internet Options box.
Refresh the page with the Refresh button or F5

Now go back and test it out by selecting one of the names on the Contact list - you don't need to actually send the email, just see how it works.