How do I add a contact to an existing Group in this new Outlook??

Anonymous
2012-08-05T17:52:35+00:00

I've tried and tried.  The only thing I can do with a group is add, delete, or change its name.  I want to add more contacts.  Was very easy the old hotmail way.

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Anonymous
2013-05-15T22:13:06+00:00

Hi Radio Flyer,

Update May, 2013: We've released some changes this month on how you navigate around the People page. These changes were made to make it more consistent with how your contacts are presented. The Groups' dropdown menu have been removed and Groups have been integrated to your contacts list. Please see screenshot below which I hope clears some of the changes up for you.

NOTE: You can also search for your group by typing the group name in the search box just like searching for a contact.

The next screenshots shows how you can add a group member

After clicking save the screen refreshes and you should see the new member on the right pane.

Hope this helps. Please let me know if you have follow up questions.

Thanks

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Anonymous
2013-05-15T14:45:36+00:00

Hi,

Thank you for posting your issue in the Microsoft Community!

We understand your concern about not being able to see the Group on your account. For reference

and  information about groups you may refer to the link provided by my colleague JR\_N. or you could click this link:

**How to setup or manage catogories/groups in the new People page.**

Also, you may refer to the post of my another colleague Ma. Camille T. for your feedback regaridng Outlook.com.

Feel free to post again on this forum for any clarifications with your account. Your cooperation and understanding is highly appreciated.

Thanks!

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Anonymous
2013-06-26T04:21:18+00:00

Hi Jean H.,

I will be glad to assist you with your concern. If you don't want to have your facebook contacts on your Outlook.com account,  you can follow the steps below on how to disable the option.

  1. Log in on your account.
  2. Hover your mouse to the Gear Icon on the top right corner beside your name.
  3. Select Mail more settings.
  4. Under Reading email, select Content from third-party networks.
  5. Under Showing public content, select Don't show public content from third-party networks.
  6. Save

If you have further question, let us know.

Thank you.

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Anonymous
2013-06-17T19:40:17+00:00

Francesca,  To add a contact:-

go to people, enter group name, select group but leave the check box blank, click Edit

type contact's name in box select from list that appears and save.  Hope this helps

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  1. Anonymous
    2014-12-16T22:16:40+00:00

    @JoePetrin,

    I personally understand your frustration. I empathize completely.

    Microsoft gutted the Group feature of Outlook like a pack of hungry wolves gutting a deer on a hot day (but with much less notice to us than what the deer received from the wolves) while leaving the remainder of the carcass to be infested with maggots. That was 2+ years ago -- I stopped counting. In Microsoftland, if they broke it 6 months ago and still haven't fixed it, then they call it a feature. What we have been left with is akin to something one would find in the old Soviet bureaucracy -- klunky at best, pointless at worst, maddening always. The rest of us have either developed our own workarounds or just decided to ditch the whole concept of Groups. At this point, Microsofties might as well just delete that whole section of code. I doubt the pointer passes through it much, perhaps only right before someone comes to the forum to complain how it doesn't work. Seriously.

    Outlook.com is friendlier, smoother and nicer to look at than Gmail, but I can also go back and forth if needed. In fact, I am sadly, very sadly, abandoning the elegant Windows Phone OS and moving to iPhone 6 when it arrives at my door in about a week. I have decided that it is better to go to join Darth Maul than to constantly toil in the copper mines in hopes of having morsels of food thrown at me from the Stormtroopers.

    Venimus, vidimus, relinquentes.

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