The People app in Windows 10

By default, a Windows 10 computer has the People app. This program is a kind of address book. All kinds of contact details, such as e-mail addresses, home address and telephone number, are contained herein. The People app is also linked to the Mail app. That is the default e-mail program on Windows 10. You can easily send an e-mail to someone from the contact list. Open the People app from the tile in the Start menu or from the list of all apps:

• Click the Start button.
• click on People.

To use the People app, an email account must be associated with the program. If the computer already has a Microsoft account associated with it, or if an email account is associated with the Mail app, this account is also already populated in the People app. So there is no need to add an account anymore. In that case, read on from paragraph ‘Viewing and searching contacts’. If no account has been added yet, first follow the steps in one of the two following paragraphs.

Add Outlook address:

• click on To work > Ready for or Ready for. If necessary, give Calendar and Mail access to these contacts.
• click on Add accounts. To add an additional account, click the gear icon at the bottom left > Add Account.
• click on Outlook.com.
• Enter your email address under ‘Email address, phone number or Skype name’.
• click on Next one.
• Type the password under ‘Password’.
• click on To register.
• Click on OK if you are prompted to enable Windows Hello. This is to verify your identity. Enter your PIN and press the Enter key. Forgot PIN? click on I forgot my pin code. You will then see that you can reset the PIN code in the settings of your computer.
• click on Ready.

Add Gmail address:

• click on To work > Ready for.
• click on Add accounts. To add an additional account, click the gear icon at the bottom left > Add Account.
• click on google for Gmail addresses.
• Enter your Gmail address in the ‘Email address or phone number’.
• click on Next one.
• Enter the password at ‘Enter your password’.
• click on Next one.
• click on Yes to go through the two-step verification via your smartphone or tablet. Follow the steps.
• An overview explains which data is used. click on To allow to go further.
• click on Ready.

Before you add your provider’s email account to People, it’s good to have the information below ready. This data can be requested via the provider.

1. The email address you received from the provider.
2. The username you got from the provider (this is often the email address, but not always).
3. The password that goes with it.
4. The address of the server handling the incoming mail.
5. The address of the server that handles outgoing mail.

Add Account:

• click on To work > Ready for.
• click on Advanced configuration.
• click on Internet e-mail.
• Under ‘Email address’, enter your email address.
• Click in the field below ‘Username’ and type your username.
• Click in the field below ‘Password’ and type your password.
• Click in the field below “Account Name” and type your account name. This is useful when adding multiple emails.
• Under ‘Send messages with this name’, type the name you want recipients of your message to see as the sender.
• Type the server of the incoming e-mail.
• Choose under ‘Account type’ for POP3 or IMAP4. You can only choose IMAP if the provider also supports IMAP. With IMAP, the e-mails are visible in the program, but in principle the e-mail also remains on the provider’s server. With POP3, the mail is removed from the server and is only stored in the Mail program.
• Type the outgoing e-mail server.
• click on To register.
• click on Ready.

If your account already has contacts associated with it, you’ll see an overview of all contacts in the People app. All names are listed in the left column. Scroll down to view the entire list. Click on a contact person to view the associated information. The details of the selected contact are listed in the middle column.

As the contact list grows, searching for a specific person takes more time. Quickly search the contact list:

• Click in the top left of the search field To search or Search.
• Type the name of a contact.
• Suggestions appear as soon as you start typing. Click on the correct contact person.

Follow the steps below to add a new contact:

• In the People app, click the plus sign.
• Click in the field below ‘Name’ and enter the name of the new contact person.
• Enter that person’s phone number under ‘Phone (mobile)’. If the telephone number is not a mobile number, you can change this. Click the down arrow next to “Phone (Mobile)” and click the desired option, for example Home.
• Enter the email address in the ‘Email’ box.
• Other information can also be entered. For example, the home address of the contact person. Click on Address and then on Home address.
• Then fill in all the details.
• click on Other.
• The drop-down menu contains all kinds of things that you can add to the information about the contact person. Think of your contact’s birthday, his website or what his partner’s name is. Click on an option, for example Birthday.
• A menu with the date opens. Move the mouse to a column, for example of the month, and click on the arrows to scroll up or down for more data. Click on the correct month. Also click on the correct day and year.
• click on Save.

The contact has been added to the People app

Also watch these steps in the video below.

If a contact is no longer needed, it is easy to delete.

• Click on the relevant contact person.
• Click the trash can icon in the top right to delete.
• click on remove.

Windows 10 has its own mail program. It’s called Mail. The Mail and People apps are linked. While typing an email in the Mail app, you can get contact information from the People app. In the “To” box, type the first letter of the contact and click the appropriate suggestion. It is also possible to use an email address from the People app to send an email:

• Open the People app.
• In the contact list, click the person you want to email.
• Click after that person’s email address E-mail.
• Click on the program with which you want to mail, for example Mail > OK.
• Log in if necessary.
• Send the email as usual.