Usually, people will define a business card as a small card bearing business information about a company or individual, but did you know you can create a business card in Outlook? When users make a business card in Outlook, it presents your contact information to individuals you correspond to in your email.
What are electronic business cards typically used for Outlook?
In Outlook, the electronic business card makes it easier to create, view and share contact information. You can create a business card with new information or old contact information you already had on Outlook.
What is the difference between Outlook contact and Outlook business card?
In Microsoft Outlook, a contact can be a name or email address, while the business card displays the contact information in full screen mode.
How to create Electronic Business Card in Outlook
To create an electronic business card in Outlook, follow the steps below:
- Choose a Business Card layout
- Choose a background for the Business Card
- Add Pictures or logo to Business Card
- Edit the text of the Business Card
- Add and Remove fields to Business Card
1] Choose a Business Card layout
Launch Outlook.
Select the People button in the navigation bar below.
Click New Contact on the top left of the Outlook interface.
When the New Contact interface opens, double-click the Business Card on the right.
An Edit Business Card dialog box will open.
Under the Card Design section, click the Layout list drop-down arrow and select a layout from the list.
2] Choose a background for the Business Card
In the Edit Business Card dialog box, you can select a background for the electronic business card.
Click the Background button opposite the Layout list.
A Color dialog box will appear, select a color, then click OK.
3] Add Pictures or logo to Business Card
You can add an image in the dialog box and use the options to add size and position the image.
To add an image to the business card, click the Change button.
To add an image size, click the Image Area up and down buttons to increase and decrease the image size.
To position, the image, click the drop-down arrow of the Image Align list.
4] Format the text of the Business Card
To edit the text of the business card, select a field from the Fields list box.
Under the Edit section, there are tools to format the text in the business card.
Select the edit format you want for your business card.
5] Add and Remove fields to Business Card
To add fields to the business card, click the Add button and select a field.
To remove the field, click the Remove button.
To move the fields up or down the list, click the Up and Down button.
Then click OK.
We hope this tutorial helps you understand how to create Electronic Business Card in Outlook.
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