Add a picture to your mails in Outlook 2010
If you're lucky enough to work for an organization that has adopted Office 2010 and Exchange 2010 since the business launch a few weeks back (or participated in the beta), you may have noticed the appearance of your coworkers' pictures at the top of their mails to you.
This is a great feature for a number of reasons: company security to help ensure a person is who they say they are, and to guard against personal insecurity by helping you identify new people (or those who you feel foolish for having forgotten!) at meetings.
If your company already has a picture database and has synchronized it to the Global Address List, you'll already be in there. However, some companies may not automatically add pictures or there may be some accounts that lack them. If so, you may be able to add a picture for yourself.
The recommended picture is 96x96 pixels with a small file size, say 10K or so. If you have a picture that you want to optimize, try using Microsoft Office Picture Manager to crop and shrink it as needed.
To add a picture (if your organization supports it), click on your name in an e-mail addressed to you. This is the fastest way to open your Contact preview. Click Open Contact to display your full contact information. Now double-click the generic picture icon:
You'll be prompted to locate the picture you want to use. Find something appropriate for work, ideally a recent close up of your face. Then click Save & Close and you're done.
Suzanne
Comments
Anonymous
February 09, 2011
How to enable this facility on the Exchange level? I mean that currently nothing pops up when we double-click on the generic picture.Anonymous
May 05, 2011
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July 06, 2011
I added a picture of myself in my contacts however my company loaded a photo database to the global address list. I don't want to use that picture I want to use the photo of my choosing. Can I override the global address photo?Anonymous
August 12, 2011
Thanks for the info, very valuable.Anonymous
September 01, 2011
Hi, This does not work for me, when i double click the generic picture outline, nothing happens, as if it's locked.Anonymous
September 09, 2011
Hi, I can not double click on the egenric picture icon. What can be the problem and how can I solve it? Thanks a lot :)Anonymous
September 29, 2011
How do I add my Compnay Badge Photo to my emails?Anonymous
October 04, 2011
Nothing happens when I double click the generic picture. Does that mean that it requires an administrator?Anonymous
January 04, 2012
Bless you! I've been trying to figure out how to change my photo from the company one that was automatically uploaded and couldn't figure out how to do it.Anonymous
January 09, 2012
Thanks a lot for the info. Really helpfulAnonymous
January 12, 2012
This doesn't work. When I click my name in an email addressed to me, it pulls up my contact card. I cannot double-click the picture. I have to save myself as a contact before I can edit the picture. This may be because my company does not allow it, but why would I be able to add the picture in the actual contact?Anonymous
February 15, 2012
Great directions - thanks. Now I don't like the picture I put in there. I'd like to change it. When I follow your instructions to ADD a picture, and I click Open Contact, now there is no generic icon - now there is the picture I recently added. When I double-click on the existing photo, it does nothing. Soi I can't replace it. Any ideas yoiu could offer would be much appreciated. JackAnonymous
February 23, 2012
This doesn't work when you have Lync integrated into your network.Anonymous
March 06, 2012
This just uploads your photo in your local copy. If you send mail to anyone your image will not appear there.Anonymous
March 06, 2012
This works great for adding pictures to your names in your contact list. But how in the world do you add your own personal picture, many would like to know that, thanks MS for making thinks so dam complicated for no dam good reasonAnonymous
March 21, 2012
This is exactly the information I wanted. Too bad, I could not find in Tech Net.Anonymous
June 12, 2012
tried it, sorry it doesn't work for meAnonymous
July 03, 2012
My co-workers can not see my profile picture. I can see/view that the picture has been added and saved to my contact but the picture is not showing up when I send an email. How do I fix my profile picture showing up when I email co-workers?Anonymous
July 12, 2012
Hi Yes, but how to do, for all people in company, sa administrator? I cannot create on my computer e-mail profile for every person and do it manually. Is it posible to do it more automatically? Using exchange 2010 and powershell for example? Best Regards TomaszAnonymous
July 20, 2012
Hello Suzanne, thanks for the info. When I double-click the generic picture icon nothing happens. Any suggestions? Thanks! ps. fairly sure my organisation allows this (I have a colleague who has received mails from people that have a photo)Anonymous
September 06, 2012
When creating a contact group using Outlook 2010, can I add a picture of the entire group (not just individual members)?Anonymous
September 12, 2012
Thank you very much. I was searching since morning for this :) All the best to you!Anonymous
September 24, 2012
The instructions are incorrect. My company supports pictures and has asked me to attach a photo When I follow these directions and double click on the generic photo in my own contact info, nothing happens The instructions don't workAnonymous
September 26, 2012
Where is the follow up from the author. Does anyone else see the number of people this didn't work for? It is so disappointing that this level of followup sadly becomes more and more the norm.Anonymous
September 27, 2012
You have to add YOUR contact to YOUR contact's list (You cannot double click on the contact from the Global Address List). Once you have added your contact from the GAL to your Contacts list - you can double click the picture and change. Hope it helps!!!!Anonymous
October 08, 2012
how to shown my out look photo in others outlookAnonymous
October 30, 2012
my picture doesn't show up in the header for the people I've sent emails to.Anonymous
November 05, 2012
Nothing Happened when i clicked on the Photo Icon over Outlook Contact Details Form. If anyone has any suggestions regarding this , please ping me at engg.shaeeb@gmail.comAnonymous
December 28, 2012
Only work on Local copy, And yes it works great but I have to bring friends to my desk to shoulder surf so he can see my pic. - The company uses a sever for all employee pictures, so it useless. USELESS*Anonymous
January 08, 2013
Thanks, Matt from Vegas!! "You have to add YOUR contact to YOUR contact's list (You cannot double click on the contact from the Global Address List). Once you have added your contact from the GAL to your Contacts list - you can double click the picture and change. Hope it helps!!!!" however, does this mean everyone will see it or just me?Anonymous
January 16, 2013
Thanks 'Matt from Vegas' your further instruction has helped me.Anonymous
January 30, 2013
Great thanks Matt now works for me (going back into my contacts and double clicking) Matt from Vegas 27 Sep 2012 2:18 PM
You have to add YOUR contact to YOUR contact's list (You cannot double click on the contact from the Global Address List). Once you have added your contact from the GAL to your Contacts list - you can double click the picture and change. Hope it helps!!!!
Anonymous
February 14, 2013
it did not work. I can only see the pic that I uploaded. When I sent email to my friends, they can not see my pic. Pls advise.Anonymous
February 22, 2013
Very helpful! I had been trying to figure this out for a while. Thanks!Anonymous
March 14, 2013
That wored!!! Thank you all so much!:: re: (You have to add YOUR contact to YOUR contact's list (You cannot double click on the contact from the Global Address List). Once you have added your contact from the GAL to your Contacts list - you can double click the picture and change. Hope it helps!!!! )Anonymous
April 04, 2013
I have been able to upload my picture to my contacts and it is now showing up when I am copied on an email. However, not when I send one. Also, when I double click on the generic photo, nothing happens.Anonymous
April 12, 2013
Thanks so much! After I read a comment about opening up my contact information from the global email source, I was able to add my picture and save it to my global contact information and now it works just fine. I was so tired of looking at that blank, featureless blob next to my name when every one else was smiling up at me when I emailed them.Anonymous
April 18, 2013
Thanks HB that little tid bit was the missing pieceAnonymous
April 23, 2013
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April 29, 2013
Matt From Vegas....Bingo! Thanks! You have to add YOUR contact to YOUR contact's list (You cannot double click on the contact from the Global Address List). Once you have added your contact from the GAL to your Contacts list - you can double click the picture and change. Hope it helps!!!!Anonymous
May 14, 2013
I have done all the above, many times and I have the photo on my contact in my contact list, but it doesn't transfer with the email.Anonymous
May 22, 2013
Matt from Vegas - Your directions solved my problem! Thank you! "You have to add YOUR contact to YOUR contact's list (You cannot double click on the contact from the Global Address List). Once you have added your contact from the GAL to your Contacts list - you can double click the picture and change. Hope it helps!!!!"Anonymous
May 23, 2013
I do not see where anyone has explained why our picture does not transfer w/the email. I see it-it comes to me when I do a test email to myself, but it does not show up when sending emails to anyone else. Thoughts? Ideas? Fixes?Anonymous
July 01, 2013
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July 30, 2013
Hi, it is only working on my pc, my colleagues are not able to see my pic on their outlookAnonymous
August 12, 2013
For those of you that are part of a corporate network (we're on MS Exchange) it appears that you can link your outlook account with a social network such as LinkedIn. By doing so, the image on you social network site will appear to all of your coworkers within outlook. P.S. - It looks like we're only here to help each other. I've seen no moderator input on this thread.Anonymous
August 27, 2013
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September 06, 2013
This method works!!! "You have to add YOUR contact to YOUR contact's list (You cannot double click on the contact from the Global Address List). Once you have added your contact from the GAL to your Contacts list - you can double click the picture and change. Hope it helps!!!!"Anonymous
September 27, 2013
It works if you do what Edric says.Anonymous
October 01, 2013
Excellent.I was always wondering when I was looking pictures of other outlook users. Thanks for valueable info. Now I am able to see my photoAnonymous
December 05, 2013
Follow what Edric said to do and it works. :)Anonymous
December 11, 2013
does anyone know how to opt out of this?