Updating the Global Address Book in Outlook 2013

Updating the Global Address Book in Outlook 2013

The Global Address Book (GAL) is a directory of available contact information for CUMC, NYPH and Columbia University faculty, staff and students. It can be accessed when using a CUMC Exchange account with Outlook or when logged in to the Outlook Web App.

If you are not seeing correct contact information in the GAL for someone that has a valid email address (i.e. someone who just received a CUMC Exchange account, a new student, someone who recently changed their directory information) please use the steps below to synchronize your computer's locally cached version of the GAL.

1. Select the Send/Receive tab in the upper left corner of Outlook.

2. Click on the Send/Receive Groups drop down menu, then Download Address Book...

 3.  The Offline Address Book window will appear. Make sure the following options are selected:

• De-check the Download changes since last Send/Receive option
• Make sure the \Global Address List is selected from the Choose address book drop down menu
  

4. Click the OK button at the bottom.

• The most recent version of the Global Address List will be downloaded from the CUMC IT Exchange server. You may see a status window indicating the download's progress, it will automatically disappear when completed.

5. Close Outlook when the download has finished. Re-open Outlook and log in; the Global Address List should now contain the most recent information.

• On Menus tab, click Folders menu
• Choose Recover Deleted Items in the drop down menu
• Then the Recover Deleted Items window pops up

If you have not Classic Menu for Outlook 2007 or 2010 installed

6. In Outlook 2010 and 2013, there is no Tools menu in the Ribbon.

• Click Folder Tab
• Move to Clean Up group
• You may see the Recover Deleted Items button lies in the group