Aliases for Contacts when typing a to message to them in mail? e.g Bill or William.

[boe]

I have some contacts which I'd love to be able to send with either a Bill or
William or Jim or James etc, If I do an alt K of course, it only has one
item listed so I have to make sure I know what it is in my contacts. I
don't want to make a second contact so I don't have to remember to update
both when something changes. If there is an alias or some other feature for
a contact I would appreciate the info.

Thanks

 

[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

Post your Outlook version.
State by which method you want to enter recipients: autocompletion,
autoresolution, select from Contacts, select from Address Book, etc.

 

[boe]

Outlook 2003 SP2.

I would like to be able to press alt-k to find their contact by both william
and bill but without putting "william bill jones" in their name or anything
like that. I would also like to have them in my cache look up.
I keep all my contacts in my contacts.

Post your Outlook version.
State by which method you want to enter recipients: autocompletion,
autoresolution, select from Contacts, select from Address Book, etc.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

I have some contacts which I'd love to be able to send with either a Bill
or William or Jim or James etc, If I do an alt K of course, it only has
one item listed so I have to make sure I know what it is in my contacts.
I don't want to make a second contact so I don't have to remember to
update both when something changes. If there is an alias or some other
feature for a contact I would appreciate the info.

Thanks

 

[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

No such option. If you want to use autoresolution, either the first or last
name field must contain the name on which you want to search. For more
advanced searches, use your Contacts Folder.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

Outlook 2003 SP2.

I would like to be able to press alt-k to find their contact by both
william and bill but without putting "william bill jones" in their name or
anything like that. I would also like to have them in my cache look up.
I keep all my contacts in my contacts.

Post your Outlook version.
State by which method you want to enter recipients: autocompletion,
autoresolution, select from Contacts, select from Address Book, etc.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

I have some contacts which I'd love to be able to send with either a Bill
or William or Jim or James etc, If I do an alt K of course, it only has
one item listed so I have to make sure I know what it is in my contacts.
I don't want to make a second contact so I don't have to remember to
update both when something changes. If there is an alias or some other
feature for a contact I would appreciate the info.

Thanks

 

[boe]

Thanks - If you have the link to the MS outlook feature request - I'll add
this.

No such option. If you want to use autoresolution, either the first or
last name field must contain the name on which you want to search. For
more advanced searches, use your Contacts Folder.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

Outlook 2003 SP2.

I would like to be able to press alt-k to find their contact by both
william and bill but without putting "william bill jones" in their name
or anything like that. I would also like to have them in my cache look
up.
I keep all my contacts in my contacts.

Post your Outlook version.
State by which method you want to enter recipients: autocompletion,
autoresolution, select from Contacts, select from Address Book, etc.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
I have some contacts which I'd love to be able to send with either a
Bill or William or Jim or James etc, If I do an alt K of course, it
only has one item listed so I have to make sure I know what it is in my
contacts. I don't want to make a second contact so I don't have to
remember to update both when something changes. If there is an alias or
some other feature for a contact I would appreciate the info.

Thanks

 

[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

Good idea. I'd be willing to bet that this is an area that will get
attention in upcoming versions. Searching within the Address Book is overdue
for some improvements, and these are frequent requests.

The process to make suggestions to Microsoft has changed. To submit product
or service suggestions to Microsoft:
1. Within the specific Microsoft Office product, navigate to the Help
menu.
2. Click the "Contact Us" option.
3. You can then use the "Make a Suggestion" link on the webpage to submit
any suggestion. This posts the suggestion to the "Microsoft Community". The
Microsoft Community is a public forum where you can submit suggestions for
Microsoft products and see suggestions that others have made. Community
participants vote for suggestions, and Microsoft uses the votes to help
prioritize features in upcoming versions.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

Thanks - If you have the link to the MS outlook feature request - I'll add
this.

No such option. If you want to use autoresolution, either the first or
last name field must contain the name on which you want to search. For
more advanced searches, use your Contacts Folder.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

Outlook 2003 SP2.

I would like to be able to press alt-k to find their contact by both
william and bill but without putting "william bill jones" in their name
or anything like that. I would also like to have them in my cache look
up.
I keep all my contacts in my contacts.
Post your Outlook version.
State by which method you want to enter recipients: autocompletion,
autoresolution, select from Contacts, select from Address Book, etc.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
I have some contacts which I'd love to be able to send with either a
Bill or William or Jim or James etc, If I do an alt K of course, it
only has one item listed so I have to make sure I know what it is in my
contacts. I don't want to make a second contact so I don't have to
remember to update both when something changes. If there is an alias
or some other feature for a contact I would appreciate the info.

Thanks

 

[boe]

Thanks - I've posted a suggestion. Hopefully more people will contact MS
about that it would be nice if they did some more work on outlook. The
other big things I'd love -
Opening two profiles at the same time!
Doing a search through my e-mails and automatically have it display both to
and from - I hate searching my sent items and having to manually choose
fields and have to select to - I'm pretty sure if it is in my sent items I
sent it - what the heck is wrong with MS - how many more versions before
they correct that one!!

Good idea. I'd be willing to bet that this is an area that will get
attention in upcoming versions. Searching within the Address Book is
overdue for some improvements, and these are frequent requests.

The process to make suggestions to Microsoft has changed. To submit
product or service suggestions to Microsoft:
1. Within the specific Microsoft Office product, navigate to the Help
menu.
2. Click the "Contact Us" option.
3. You can then use the "Make a Suggestion" link on the webpage to submit
any suggestion. This posts the suggestion to the "Microsoft Community".
The
Microsoft Community is a public forum where you can submit suggestions for
Microsoft products and see suggestions that others have made. Community
participants vote for suggestions, and Microsoft uses the votes to help
prioritize features in upcoming versions.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

Thanks - If you have the link to the MS outlook feature request - I'll
add this.

No such option. If you want to use autoresolution, either the first or
last name field must contain the name on which you want to search. For
more advanced searches, use your Contacts Folder.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Outlook 2003 SP2.

I would like to be able to press alt-k to find their contact by both
william and bill but without putting "william bill jones" in their name
or anything like that. I would also like to have them in my cache look
up.
I keep all my contacts in my contacts.
Post your Outlook version.
State by which method you want to enter recipients: autocompletion,
autoresolution, select from Contacts, select from Address Book, etc.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
I have some contacts which I'd love to be able to send with either a
Bill or William or Jim or James etc, If I do an alt K of course, it
only has one item listed so I have to make sure I know what it is in
my contacts. I don't want to make a second contact so I don't have to
remember to update both when something changes. If there is an alias
or some other feature for a contact I would appreciate the info.

Thanks

 

[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

Why can't you just customize your view to display the fields you want?
I suspect Outlook is capable of more than you've discovered.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

Thanks - I've posted a suggestion. Hopefully more people will contact MS
about that it would be nice if they did some more work on outlook. The
other big things I'd love -
Opening two profiles at the same time!
Doing a search through my e-mails and automatically have it display both
to and from - I hate searching my sent items and having to manually choose
fields and have to select to - I'm pretty sure if it is in my sent items I
sent it - what the heck is wrong with MS - how many more versions before
they correct that one!!

Good idea. I'd be willing to bet that this is an area that will get
attention in upcoming versions. Searching within the Address Book is
overdue for some improvements, and these are frequent requests.

The process to make suggestions to Microsoft has changed. To submit
product or service suggestions to Microsoft:
1. Within the specific Microsoft Office product, navigate to the Help
menu.
2. Click the "Contact Us" option.
3. You can then use the "Make a Suggestion" link on the webpage to
submit
any suggestion. This posts the suggestion to the "Microsoft Community".
The
Microsoft Community is a public forum where you can submit suggestions
for
Microsoft products and see suggestions that others have made. Community
participants vote for suggestions, and Microsoft uses the votes to help
prioritize features in upcoming versions.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

Thanks - If you have the link to the MS outlook feature request - I'll
add this.


No such option. If you want to use autoresolution, either the first or
last name field must contain the name on which you want to search. For
more advanced searches, use your Contacts Folder.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Outlook 2003 SP2.

I would like to be able to press alt-k to find their contact by both
william and bill but without putting "william bill jones" in their
name or anything like that. I would also like to have them in my
cache look up.
I keep all my contacts in my contacts.
Post your Outlook version.
State by which method you want to enter recipients: autocompletion,
autoresolution, select from Contacts, select from Address Book, etc.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
I have some contacts which I'd love to be able to send with either a
Bill or William or Jim or James etc, If I do an alt K of course, it
only has one item listed so I have to make sure I know what it is in
my contacts. I don't want to make a second contact so I don't have to
remember to update both when something changes. If there is an alias
or some other feature for a contact I would appreciate the info.

Thanks

 

[boe]

You can customize your view after a search, I don't know of a way to get it
to STICK before a search so I don't have to modify it every time I close
outlook and go back in and search.

Why can't you just customize your view to display the fields you want?
I suspect Outlook is capable of more than you've discovered.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

Thanks - I've posted a suggestion. Hopefully more people will contact MS
about that it would be nice if they did some more work on outlook. The
other big things I'd love -
Opening two profiles at the same time!
Doing a search through my e-mails and automatically have it display both
to and from - I hate searching my sent items and having to manually
choose fields and have to select to - I'm pretty sure if it is in my sent
items I sent it - what the heck is wrong with MS - how many more versions
before they correct that one!!

Good idea. I'd be willing to bet that this is an area that will get
attention in upcoming versions. Searching within the Address Book is
overdue for some improvements, and these are frequent requests.

The process to make suggestions to Microsoft has changed. To submit
product or service suggestions to Microsoft:
1. Within the specific Microsoft Office product, navigate to the Help
menu.
2. Click the "Contact Us" option.
3. You can then use the "Make a Suggestion" link on the webpage to
submit
any suggestion. This posts the suggestion to the "Microsoft Community".
The
Microsoft Community is a public forum where you can submit suggestions
for
Microsoft products and see suggestions that others have made. Community
participants vote for suggestions, and Microsoft uses the votes to help
prioritize features in upcoming versions.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Thanks - If you have the link to the MS outlook feature request - I'll
add this.


No such option. If you want to use autoresolution, either the first or
last name field must contain the name on which you want to search. For
more advanced searches, use your Contacts Folder.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Outlook 2003 SP2.

I would like to be able to press alt-k to find their contact by both
william and bill but without putting "william bill jones" in their
name or anything like that. I would also like to have them in my
cache look up.
I keep all my contacts in my contacts.
Post your Outlook version.
State by which method you want to enter recipients: autocompletion,
autoresolution, select from Contacts, select from Address Book, etc.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
I have some contacts which I'd love to be able to send with either a
Bill or William or Jim or James etc, If I do an alt K of course,
it only has one item listed so I have to make sure I know what it is
in my contacts. I don't want to make a second contact so I don't
have to remember to update both when something changes. If there is
an alias or some other feature for a contact I would appreciate the
info.

Thanks

 

[boe]

BTW - I asked an engineer this at the last big show and he said it couldn't
do that - in a tone as if to say - why would anyone want that.

Why can't you just customize your view to display the fields you want?
I suspect Outlook is capable of more than you've discovered.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

Thanks - I've posted a suggestion. Hopefully more people will contact MS
about that it would be nice if they did some more work on outlook. The
other big things I'd love -
Opening two profiles at the same time!
Doing a search through my e-mails and automatically have it display both
to and from - I hate searching my sent items and having to manually
choose fields and have to select to - I'm pretty sure if it is in my sent
items I sent it - what the heck is wrong with MS - how many more versions
before they correct that one!!

Good idea. I'd be willing to bet that this is an area that will get
attention in upcoming versions. Searching within the Address Book is
overdue for some improvements, and these are frequent requests.

The process to make suggestions to Microsoft has changed. To submit
product or service suggestions to Microsoft:
1. Within the specific Microsoft Office product, navigate to the Help
menu.
2. Click the "Contact Us" option.
3. You can then use the "Make a Suggestion" link on the webpage to
submit
any suggestion. This posts the suggestion to the "Microsoft Community".
The
Microsoft Community is a public forum where you can submit suggestions
for
Microsoft products and see suggestions that others have made. Community
participants vote for suggestions, and Microsoft uses the votes to help
prioritize features in upcoming versions.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Thanks - If you have the link to the MS outlook feature request - I'll
add this.


No such option. If you want to use autoresolution, either the first or
last name field must contain the name on which you want to search. For
more advanced searches, use your Contacts Folder.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Outlook 2003 SP2.

I would like to be able to press alt-k to find their contact by both
william and bill but without putting "william bill jones" in their
name or anything like that. I would also like to have them in my
cache look up.
I keep all my contacts in my contacts.
Post your Outlook version.
State by which method you want to enter recipients: autocompletion,
autoresolution, select from Contacts, select from Address Book, etc.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
I have some contacts which I'd love to be able to send with either a
Bill or William or Jim or James etc, If I do an alt K of course,
it only has one item listed so I have to make sure I know what it is
in my contacts. I don't want to make a second contact so I don't
have to remember to update both when something changes. If there is
an alias or some other feature for a contact I would appreciate the
info.

Thanks

 

[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

You haven't made it very clear what you are trying to do. I was talking
about customizing the view of your Sent Items Folder to display the fields
you want. That will certainly persist. You must be talking about something
else.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

BTW - I asked an engineer this at the last big show and he said it
couldn't do that - in a tone as if to say - why would anyone want that.

Why can't you just customize your view to display the fields you want?
I suspect Outlook is capable of more than you've discovered.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

Thanks - I've posted a suggestion. Hopefully more people will contact
MS about that it would be nice if they did some more work on outlook.
The other big things I'd love -
Opening two profiles at the same time!
Doing a search through my e-mails and automatically have it display both
to and from - I hate searching my sent items and having to manually
choose fields and have to select to - I'm pretty sure if it is in my
sent items I sent it - what the heck is wrong with MS - how many more
versions before they correct that one!!

Good idea. I'd be willing to bet that this is an area that will get
attention in upcoming versions. Searching within the Address Book is
overdue for some improvements, and these are frequent requests.

The process to make suggestions to Microsoft has changed. To submit
product or service suggestions to Microsoft:
1. Within the specific Microsoft Office product, navigate to the Help
menu.
2. Click the "Contact Us" option.
3. You can then use the "Make a Suggestion" link on the webpage to
submit
any suggestion. This posts the suggestion to the "Microsoft Community".
The
Microsoft Community is a public forum where you can submit suggestions
for
Microsoft products and see suggestions that others have made. Community
participants vote for suggestions, and Microsoft uses the votes to help
prioritize features in upcoming versions.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Thanks - If you have the link to the MS outlook feature request - I'll
add this.


No such option. If you want to use autoresolution, either the first
or last name field must contain the name on which you want to search.
For more advanced searches, use your Contacts Folder.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Outlook 2003 SP2.

I would like to be able to press alt-k to find their contact by both
william and bill but without putting "william bill jones" in their
name or anything like that. I would also like to have them in my
cache look up.
I keep all my contacts in my contacts.
Post your Outlook version.
State by which method you want to enter recipients: autocompletion,
autoresolution, select from Contacts, select from Address Book,
etc.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
I have some contacts which I'd love to be able to send with either
a Bill or William or Jim or James etc, If I do an alt K of
course, it only has one item listed so I have to make sure I know
what it is in my contacts. I don't want to make a second contact so
I don't have to remember to update both when something changes. If
there is an alias or some other feature for a contact I would
appreciate the info.

Thanks

 

[boe]

When I do a SEARCH of my mailbox for e-mails - I want it to know I searched
in my sent e-mails and always show the TO field.

You haven't made it very clear what you are trying to do. I was talking
about customizing the view of your Sent Items Folder to display the fields
you want. That will certainly persist. You must be talking about something
else.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

BTW - I asked an engineer this at the last big show and he said it
couldn't do that - in a tone as if to say - why would anyone want that.

Why can't you just customize your view to display the fields you want?
I suspect Outlook is capable of more than you've discovered.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Thanks - I've posted a suggestion. Hopefully more people will contact
MS about that it would be nice if they did some more work on outlook.
The other big things I'd love -
Opening two profiles at the same time!
Doing a search through my e-mails and automatically have it display
both to and from - I hate searching my sent items and having to
manually choose fields and have to select to - I'm pretty sure if it is
in my sent items I sent it - what the heck is wrong with MS - how many
more versions before they correct that one!!

Good idea. I'd be willing to bet that this is an area that will get
attention in upcoming versions. Searching within the Address Book is
overdue for some improvements, and these are frequent requests.

The process to make suggestions to Microsoft has changed. To submit
product or service suggestions to Microsoft:
1. Within the specific Microsoft Office product, navigate to the Help
menu.
2. Click the "Contact Us" option.
3. You can then use the "Make a Suggestion" link on the webpage to
submit
any suggestion. This posts the suggestion to the "Microsoft
Community". The
Microsoft Community is a public forum where you can submit suggestions
for
Microsoft products and see suggestions that others have made.
Community
participants vote for suggestions, and Microsoft uses the votes to
help
prioritize features in upcoming versions.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Thanks - If you have the link to the MS outlook feature request -
I'll add this.


No such option. If you want to use autoresolution, either the first
or last name field must contain the name on which you want to
search. For more advanced searches, use your Contacts Folder.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Outlook 2003 SP2.

I would like to be able to press alt-k to find their contact by
both william and bill but without putting "william bill jones" in
their name or anything like that. I would also like to have them
in my cache look up.
I keep all my contacts in my contacts.
Post your Outlook version.
State by which method you want to enter recipients:
autocompletion, autoresolution, select from Contacts, select from
Address Book, etc.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
I have some contacts which I'd love to be able to send with either
a Bill or William or Jim or James etc, If I do an alt K of
course, it only has one item listed so I have to make sure I know
what it is in my contacts. I don't want to make a second contact
so I don't have to remember to update both when something changes.
If there is an alias or some other feature for a contact I would
appreciate the info.

Thanks