Setting Outlook default contacts and address book search order

In order to set the default folder when you contacts are saved in Microsoft outlook press on the address book icon on the toolbar

From the address book tools menu, select options

From here you can select which address list to show first, where to store addresses and which order to search address books in to look for a contact

To add an address in your outlook contacts folder, right click on the e-mail address and select Add to outlook contacts. This will save the contact card into the address book shown above in Keep personal addresses in