How To Create Your Own vCard

VCard is an Internet standard that allows users to share their own contact information with other Internet users. Outlook supports the vCard standard. This means that when someone sends you their vCard via email you can simply click on the vCard attachment and their contact information will be added to your Contacts.

You can easily create your own vCard in Outlook. First, open your Outlook Contacts and create a new contact. Add yourself as the contact. Make sure you enter all the information you want to share with others. To send your vCard to someone, open your Outlook Contacts and locate your own contact record. Click on the Actions pulldown and then select Forward as vCard (Not Forward). This will open a new email message with your vCard as an attachment. Once the recipient receives the message they can click on your vCard and your contact information will be added to their Contact list. No muss, no fuss. Most all email Clients support vCards so even, if they are not using Outlook they may be able to use your vCard.

You can also add your vCard to your Outlook signature. I'll show you how to do that next time.