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3.7 ADDRESS BOOK OR CONTACTS

Email addresses can sometimes be challenging to remember and type, but Microsoft has a place ready for you to store them called Contacts in recent versions and Address book in earlier versions.

Your email package can be set up to complete email addresses when you start typing them, Auto-completed, and you will hear the full email address spoken if you press CAPSLOCK L, Read Line.

It can also be set up to put everyone to whom you reply into your address book/contacts automatically. TO ADD A PERSON’S DETAILS TO CONTACTS:

Windows Live, Windows Mail and Outlook with Office 2010 and 2007: From your inbox, press SHIFT CONTROL N (new) and you are in the right place to type the person’s first Name. Outlook Express and Outlook 2003:

You will first need to go into the Address book with ALT T then A or SHIFT CONTROL B. Press CONTROL N (new), and you are in the right place to type the person’s first name.All Versions

After you have typed the first name, press TAB to move to the next field for middle name. You don’t need to fill in all fields except email address. TAB again to surname. Keep pressing TAB and fill in what you like. Keep pressing TAB till you reach "OK" then press ENTER to store the information in your Contacts/Address Book. Come out of Address book in Outlook Express and Outlook 2003 by pressing ESCAPE, or in later versions press ALT F4.

When you next type the first few letters of that person's email address, the computer will do the rest. You can check by pressing CAPSLOCK L.

You can check email addresses in your Address Book/Contacts, and press Delete on unwanted ones. You will be asked to confirm you wish to delete, ARROW UP to "yes" and press ENTER. Addresses are listed alphabetically.

SENDING EMAILS USING YOUR CONTACTS LISTIf you aren’t sure precisely what an email address is, here’s how to send an email from your Contacts:

From the START Menu, type contact and press ENTER. Your contacts list is on screen. To make it easy to find the one you want, press Alt V then L so that all the contacts appear as a list rather than as a matrix of pictures.

ARROW DOWN to the one you want to email and press the APPLICATION key or SHIFT F10 to bring up the Contextual Menu.

ARROW DOWN to hear "Action" and press RIGHT ARROW.

ARROW DOWN to hear "send email" or "email to". Your email software will open up ready for you to send a message to that person. His or her email address will already be there and your arrow key will be ready for you to type your email subject as usual. This does not however work in all circumstances, e.g. Windows Mail.

GETTING TO CONTACTS Windows Live: type CONTACTS at the Start Menu.

Windows Mail: Alt T then C or Shift Control C.

Outlook, Office 2007 and 2010: Shift Control C or from Start Menu.

Close the email program with ALT F4.

 

The Free Internet Cafe for the Blind & Visually Impaired, the first in the whole of Africa, which opens the World Wide Web, making The Gambia a leading light in Africa, with this technology by allowing free and total access to surf the net send and receive emails and for students to enhace their studies with the aid of this pioneering software. No more do they need to rely on a third party to read to them newspapers, magazines, books, letters and world wide information.