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- Select your main contacts folder (ex. "Contacts - netid@cornell.edu") under My Contacts
- Click on "New Contact Group" and give it a name
- Click on "Add Members" -> "From Address Book"
- Select your contact folder under Address Book
- To select all contacts in the folder: Select the first contact in the list, scroll down, hold down the CTrl key and click on the last contact
- Click on Members button to add them all, click "OK"
- Click "Save and Close"
- You can now select that group and click on the "E-mail" button to e-mail everyone in that group
Copy E-mails Directly Into E-mail
Now that I've explained how to import those contacts into your Outlook address book, please keep in mind that if it's just a one-time e-mail to those contacts, then I suggest not cluttering your address book if you don't need to.
Follow these steps to copy the e-mails you need into your e-mail: http://screencast.com/t/Qh7Q0zkm5kPg
- Select and copy all e-mails in the column from your excel file.
- Open new e-mail message
- Click on the "To..." button
- Paste the e-mails into the bcc textbox and click ok
(I use the bcc option for privacy, it sends the e-mail out in a way that each person cannot see the other e-mail addresses that you are sending out to)
Forward A Contact or Contact Group To Another Outlook User
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