Add or change a contact picture

To help you connect names with faces, you can assign pictures to your Outlook contacts. This lets you see the sender's picture when you receive an e-mail message.

If you have a Microsoft Exchange account, your organization might have contact pictures for each person in the directory, and those pictures are automatically displayed in messages.

Do any of the following:

Quickly assign a picture to a contact

1. At the bottom of the navigation pane, click Contacts  .

2. Open the Contact for which you want to add or change the picture.

3. Drag a picture from anywhere on your computer onto the picture icon next to the contact's name.

4. Click Save & Close.

Use zoom, effects, or a camera for a contact picture

1. At the bottom of the navigation pane, click Contacts  .

2. Open the contact that you want, and then double-click the picture icon next to the contact's name.

   The picture selector opens.

3. Do any of the following:

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   Outlook 2016 for Mac picture selector

   To	Do this
   Take a picture with your computer's camera	Click Camera from the list, and then click .
   Locate a picture on your computer using the Finder	Click Other.
   Zoom in or out on the picture	Drag the zoom slider .
   Adjust the picture's placement within the frame	Click the picture and drag it.
   Apply effects to the picture	Click , and then click the effect that you want.
   Choose a standard picture	Click Default, and pick the picture you want.

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   To	Do this
   Take a picture with your computer's camera	Click .
   Locate a picture on your computer using the Finder	Click Choose.
   Zoom in or out on the picture	Drag the zoom slider .
   Adjust the picture's placement within the frame	Click the picture and drag it.
   Apply effects to the picture	Click , and then click the effect that you want.

4. Click Done or Set.

Replace a picture with a version from the directory in Outlook 2011 for Mac

If your organization provides contact pictures for people in the organization, you can replace a custom picture with the version from the directory.

1. At the bottom of the navigation pane, click Contacts  .

2. Open the contact that you want.

3. Rest the pointer on the lower-right corner of the contact's picture. When a refresh icon appears on the picture, click the icon.

   

4. On the confirmation message that appears, click Replace.

   Note: When you replace a custom picture with the version from the directory, the custom picture is deleted.

See also

Add the sender of a message to your Outlook contacts

Outlook for Mac 2011 Help