Quickly search contacts by multiple criteria in Outlook

With the "Advanced Search" feature, you can easily search contacts by multiple criteria in Outlook. Please do as follows:

1. Click to open a contacts folder, and click "Kutools" > "Advanced Search" to activate the "Advanced Search" pane.

2. In the "Advanced Search" pane, configure the search settings as follows:

(1) Check if "Contacts" is selected in the "Search item" drop-down list. (2) Specify the search scope from the "Search scope" drop-down list. (3) Add multiple search criteria as needed. A. To search contacts by certain text, type this text into the "Text" box. B. To search contacts by email addresses, click the "E-mail" button, and then add email addresses "From current contact, From address book"; or directly type email addresses into the text box and separate them by semicolon. C. To search contacts by other criteria, such as first name, click "More Criteria" > "First Name" to show the search field, then type the search criteria.

3. Click the "Search Now" button.

Now all contacts meeting the search criteria will be found and listed at once.

The "Advanced Search" feature supports saving multiple search criteria as a search scenario in Outlook. Please do as follows:

1. After adding your custom search criteria, click the "Save current scenario" button in the "Advanced Search" pane.

2. In the Kutools for Outlook dialog, enter a name for the new search scenario, and click the "OK" button.

Now all search criteria are saved as a search scenario.

If you have saved some search scenarios already, you can reuse these scenarios easily to add multiple search criteria with one click.

In the "Advanced Search" pane, click the certain search scenario from the "Open saved scenario" drop-down list, and all search criteria saved in this scenario will be added into the "Advanced Search" pane at once.

(1) You can click the button to open the Advanced Find – Scenario Management dialog, then move, rename, or delete saved search scenarios as needed.

(2) The "Advanced Search" feature can also search emails, tasks, and appointments and meetings by multiple criteria, save multiple criteria as a search scenario, and reuse saved search scenarios easily.