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| | After you create a new contact or open an existing one to whom you want to send an e-mail message, click the New Message to Contact button in the Contact window. | -
| | An Untitled Message window opens with the selected contact's e-mail address entered in the To field. Type a subject for the message into the Subject field. | INTRODUCTION When you send e-mail messages, it's much easier (and less error prone) to select the intended recipient from a contact list than it is to type the recipient's e-mail address manually. That's why Outlook enables you to create a new e-mail message from within the Contacts window. | TIP A Shortcut If you prefer, simply click ”rather than open ”the contact to whom you want to send an e-mail message in the contact list, and then click the New Message to Contact button on the main Outlook toolbar. | -
| | Click in the message area and type the contents of the message. | -
| | Click the Send button. Assuming you are online and have set up Outlook to automatically send your messages, the message will be sent. | TIP More Info on E-mail You can get more information about sending e-mail in Part 2, "Creating E-mail Messages." | |