problems with contacts vs address book

I lost my address book when i re-formatted my hd.However, i was able to transfer my contacts from my iphone to computer, no problem. The problem is, outlook doesn't recognize them as address book entries, just contacts- so when i attempt to compose emails by typing the recepient, nothing comes up. I can obvoiusly email from within the contacts folder icon (contacts that have email addresses) how do i create a contact list (or address book) that outlook will see to email my contacts? in a nutshell, when i goto create a new message, i want to type the recepient's name and have it know their email address.