# How to create a Contact List in Office 365

##### Use a contact group (formerly called a “distribution list”) to send an email to multiple people

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### **Desktop Guide**

1.) Select **People**.

**[![outlook people.png](https://docs.northshorecollege.edu/uploads/images/gallery/2022-10/scaled-1680-/R8Syb3c1RuxOtRE5-outlook-people.png)](https://docs.northshorecollege.edu/uploads/images/gallery/2022-10/R8Syb3c1RuxOtRE5-outlook-people.png)**

2\. Select **New Contact Group**.

[![new contact group.png](https://docs.northshorecollege.edu/uploads/images/gallery/2022-10/scaled-1680-/Mqc3Z7ljGX1tMBGG-new-contact-group.png)](https://docs.northshorecollege.edu/uploads/images/gallery/2022-10/Mqc3Z7ljGX1tMBGG-new-contact-group.png)

3.) Name your group.

[![name group.png](https://docs.northshorecollege.edu/uploads/images/gallery/2022-10/scaled-1680-/LMvfNbDh8rQCO9lQ-name-group.png)](https://docs.northshorecollege.edu/uploads/images/gallery/2022-10/LMvfNbDh8rQCO9lQ-name-group.png)

4.) Select **Add Members.**

**[![add memebers.png](https://docs.northshorecollege.edu/uploads/images/gallery/2022-10/scaled-1680-/Lo5Xkx03loGoBpTi-add-memebers.png)](https://docs.northshorecollege.edu/uploads/images/gallery/2022-10/Lo5Xkx03loGoBpTi-add-memebers.png)**

5.) Choose **From Outlook Contacts** to add people from your contacts.

Choose **From Address Book** to add people within the NTCC Global Address list.

[![search contacts.png](https://docs.northshorecollege.edu/uploads/images/gallery/2022-10/scaled-1680-/jLNc7Mfw8JFLAQpM-search-contacts.png)](https://docs.northshorecollege.edu/uploads/images/gallery/2022-10/jLNc7Mfw8JFLAQpM-search-contacts.png)

6\. **Save & Close**

[![save.png](https://docs.northshorecollege.edu/uploads/images/gallery/2022-10/scaled-1680-/XNzcorodKVDgdLHL-save.png)](https://docs.northshorecollege.edu/uploads/images/gallery/2022-10/XNzcorodKVDgdLHL-save.png)

### **Webapp Guide**

1.) Select **People.**

 **[![people.png](https://docs.northshorecollege.edu/uploads/images/gallery/2022-10/scaled-1680-/jyblRYrAKxcn2fdN-people.png)](https://docs.northshorecollege.edu/uploads/images/gallery/2022-10/jyblRYrAKxcn2fdN-people.png)**

2.) Select **Your contact lists.**

**[![your contact list.png](https://docs.northshorecollege.edu/uploads/images/gallery/2022-10/scaled-1680-/V43LPgOWZzHCnmpj-your-contact-list.png)](https://docs.northshorecollege.edu/uploads/images/gallery/2022-10/V43LPgOWZzHCnmpj-your-contact-list.png)**

3\. Select **+Create a contact list.**

[![create a contact list.png](https://docs.northshorecollege.edu/uploads/images/gallery/2022-10/scaled-1680-/pHqQ1RiQhlJXnuys-create-a-contact-list.png)](https://docs.northshorecollege.edu/uploads/images/gallery/2022-10/pHqQ1RiQhlJXnuys-create-a-contact-list.png)

4\. Name your list

5\. Type the names to search and add emails

6\. **Create**

**[![new contact.png](https://docs.northshorecollege.edu/uploads/images/gallery/2022-10/scaled-1680-/dslZ3lUKexb9sAWL-new-contact.png)](https://docs.northshorecollege.edu/uploads/images/gallery/2022-10/dslZ3lUKexb9sAWL-new-contact.png)**