Assigning a Task to a Contact

As with mail messages and meetings, for you to assign a task to an individual, that person's contact information must include an e-mail address. To assign a task to a contact, select the contact (tasks cannot be assigned to distribution lists), select Actions, and then select New Task for Contact. The Task dialog box appears. Enter the subject, due date, status, and other information, and then send the task to the contact; just click the Send Task button on the task's toolbar.

Sending a Letter to a Contact
If you want to create a hard copy letter and send it using "snail mail" (that is, sending it using the postal system), Outlook can help you create the letter based on the information in a particular Contact's record. Microsoft outlook 2010 uses the Microsoft Word Letter Wizard to help you create a letter to send to a contact. Within the Word Letter Wizard, you follow directions as they appear onscreen to complete the text of the letter.

  Word Must Be Installed to Use the Word Letter Wizard You must have Microsoft Word installed on your computer to take advantage of the feature discussed in this section. If you are running Download Microsoft outlook 2010 as a standalone version and have not installed other Office applications such as Word, you will not be able to take advantage of the integration features that Office offers to each component application such as Outlook.

To send a letter to the contact, select the contact in the Contacts folder and choose Actions, and then select New Letter to Contact. Word opens the Letter Wizard onscreen. The Letter Wizard helps you format and complete the letter. Just follow the onscreen directions to create the letter.