auto completion of recipient name

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Until recently I used Outlook Express for email and whenever I started to
enter a recipient name on the to: or cc: line, the program would autofill (or
autocomplete) a name from my address book. If the name was not the one I
wanted, I kept typing until the appropriate name appeared. When I changed
computers I decided to use Outlook 2000 for email rather than Outlook
Express. I created an account in Outlook and imported all messages and
contacts/address book from Outlook Express. I then copied the outlook.pst
file from my old computer to the new one. When I opened an Outlook 2000
account on the new computer, I imported messages and contacts from the copied
outlook.pst file. Everything is working fine
except I have not been able to figure out how to get the same auto fill or
auto complete feature in Outlook 2000 as I had in Outlook Express. Any
suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
 
Outlook 2000 does not have an autocompletion feature, nor do the newer
versions that do use your Contacts. They use a separate autocompletion
cache.
Older versions have a feature called auto-resolution. If you enter part of a
name or a nickname then tab out of the field (or hit Alt-K [Check Names]),
Outlook will attempt to resolve the name against your address book. If it
can't it'll red underline it and you can right click on the name to manually
resolve it. Outlook will save the resolution for future use.
 
Thanks for your quick response... I will try establishing "resolution" to
every name by creating a bogus message addressed to everyone in my contacts
folder.
--
Bernie


Russ Valentine said:
Outlook 2000 does not have an autocompletion feature, nor do the newer
versions that do use your Contacts. They use a separate autocompletion
cache.
Older versions have a feature called auto-resolution. If you enter part of a
name or a nickname then tab out of the field (or hit Alt-K [Check Names]),
Outlook will attempt to resolve the name against your address book. If it
can't it'll red underline it and you can right click on the name to manually
resolve it. Outlook will save the resolution for future use.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Bernie said:
Until recently I used Outlook Express for email and whenever I started to
enter a recipient name on the to: or cc: line, the program would autofill
(or
autocomplete) a name from my address book. If the name was not the one I
wanted, I kept typing until the appropriate name appeared. When I changed
computers I decided to use Outlook 2000 for email rather than Outlook
Express. I created an account in Outlook and imported all messages and
contacts/address book from Outlook Express. I then copied the outlook.pst
file from my old computer to the new one. When I opened an Outlook 2000
account on the new computer, I imported messages and contacts from the
copied
outlook.pst file. Everything is working fine
except I have not been able to figure out how to get the same auto fill or
auto complete feature in Outlook 2000 as I had in Outlook Express. Any
suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
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Not sure why you think that would help. Autoresolution does not require it.
Autocompletion would, but you do not have an autocompletion option on
Outlook 2000.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Bernie said:
Thanks for your quick response... I will try establishing "resolution" to
every name by creating a bogus message addressed to everyone in my
contacts
folder.
--
Bernie


Russ Valentine said:
Outlook 2000 does not have an autocompletion feature, nor do the newer
versions that do use your Contacts. They use a separate autocompletion
cache.
Older versions have a feature called auto-resolution. If you enter part
of a
name or a nickname then tab out of the field (or hit Alt-K [Check
Names]),
Outlook will attempt to resolve the name against your address book. If it
can't it'll red underline it and you can right click on the name to
manually
resolve it. Outlook will save the resolution for future use.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Bernie said:
Until recently I used Outlook Express for email and whenever I started
to
enter a recipient name on the to: or cc: line, the program would
autofill
(or
autocomplete) a name from my address book. If the name was not the one
I
wanted, I kept typing until the appropriate name appeared. When I
changed
computers I decided to use Outlook 2000 for email rather than Outlook
Express. I created an account in Outlook and imported all messages and
contacts/address book from Outlook Express. I then copied the
outlook.pst
file from my old computer to the new one. When I opened an Outlook
2000
account on the new computer, I imported messages and contacts from the
copied
outlook.pst file. Everything is working fine
except I have not been able to figure out how to get the same auto fill
or
auto complete feature in Outlook 2000 as I had in Outlook Express. Any
suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
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I don't think I fully understood your first repsonse... I thought I would
have to start keying in each name and then hit Alt-K to get Outlook to try to
resolve the name, and then (if need be) right click on the name to manually
resolve it... I thought by doing this exercise once, Outlook would know how
to resolve each name in the future.

Does resolving the name result in selecting it as a recipient when I start
keying the name or do I have to manually click on the name to select it?

This is what I am currently doing... I click on the to: or cc: button to
open the address book... as I start keying the name I want the best fit is
highlighted in the address book window... when the name I want appears, I
need to click it to select it... I need to repeat this process for every
recipient name or scroll down the address book double clicking each name I
want...is this as good as it gets or is there an easier way?
--
Bernie


Russ Valentine said:
Not sure why you think that would help. Autoresolution does not require it.
Autocompletion would, but you do not have an autocompletion option on
Outlook 2000.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Bernie said:
Thanks for your quick response... I will try establishing "resolution" to
every name by creating a bogus message addressed to everyone in my
contacts
folder.
--
Bernie


Russ Valentine said:
Outlook 2000 does not have an autocompletion feature, nor do the newer
versions that do use your Contacts. They use a separate autocompletion
cache.
Older versions have a feature called auto-resolution. If you enter part
of a
name or a nickname then tab out of the field (or hit Alt-K [Check
Names]),
Outlook will attempt to resolve the name against your address book. If it
can't it'll red underline it and you can right click on the name to
manually
resolve it. Outlook will save the resolution for future use.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Until recently I used Outlook Express for email and whenever I started
to
enter a recipient name on the to: or cc: line, the program would
autofill
(or
autocomplete) a name from my address book. If the name was not the one
I
wanted, I kept typing until the appropriate name appeared. When I
changed
computers I decided to use Outlook 2000 for email rather than Outlook
Express. I created an account in Outlook and imported all messages and
contacts/address book from Outlook Express. I then copied the
outlook.pst
file from my old computer to the new one. When I opened an Outlook
2000
account on the new computer, I imported messages and contacts from the
copied
outlook.pst file. Everything is working fine
except I have not been able to figure out how to get the same auto fill
or
auto complete feature in Outlook 2000 as I had in Outlook Express. Any
suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Click to expand...
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Here's a complete description of how autoresolution works:
http://home.indy.rr.com/russval/autocompletion.htm#_Toc108781084

--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Bernie said:
I don't think I fully understood your first repsonse... I thought I would
have to start keying in each name and then hit Alt-K to get Outlook to try
to
resolve the name, and then (if need be) right click on the name to
manually
resolve it... I thought by doing this exercise once, Outlook would know
how
to resolve each name in the future.

Does resolving the name result in selecting it as a recipient when I start
keying the name or do I have to manually click on the name to select it?

This is what I am currently doing... I click on the to: or cc: button to
open the address book... as I start keying the name I want the best fit is
highlighted in the address book window... when the name I want appears, I
need to click it to select it... I need to repeat this process for every
recipient name or scroll down the address book double clicking each name I
want...is this as good as it gets or is there an easier way?
--
Bernie


Russ Valentine said:
Not sure why you think that would help. Autoresolution does not require
it.
Autocompletion would, but you do not have an autocompletion option on
Outlook 2000.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Bernie said:
Thanks for your quick response... I will try establishing "resolution"
to
every name by creating a bogus message addressed to everyone in my
contacts
folder.
--
Bernie


:

Outlook 2000 does not have an autocompletion feature, nor do the newer
versions that do use your Contacts. They use a separate autocompletion
cache.
Older versions have a feature called auto-resolution. If you enter
part
of a
name or a nickname then tab out of the field (or hit Alt-K [Check
Names]),
Outlook will attempt to resolve the name against your address book. If
it
can't it'll red underline it and you can right click on the name to
manually
resolve it. Outlook will save the resolution for future use.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Until recently I used Outlook Express for email and whenever I
started
to
enter a recipient name on the to: or cc: line, the program would
autofill
(or
autocomplete) a name from my address book. If the name was not the
one
I
wanted, I kept typing until the appropriate name appeared. When I
changed
computers I decided to use Outlook 2000 for email rather than
Outlook
Express. I created an account in Outlook and imported all messages
and
contacts/address book from Outlook Express. I then copied the
outlook.pst
file from my old computer to the new one. When I opened an Outlook
2000
account on the new computer, I imported messages and contacts from
the
copied
outlook.pst file. Everything is working fine
except I have not been able to figure out how to get the same auto
fill
or
auto complete feature in Outlook 2000 as I had in Outlook Express.
Any
suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
Russ,

You have been most helpful and patient... I think I finally understand the
issue... thanks again.
--
Bernie


Russ Valentine said:
Here's a complete description of how autoresolution works:
http://home.indy.rr.com/russval/autocompletion.htm#_Toc108781084

--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Bernie said:
I don't think I fully understood your first repsonse... I thought I would
have to start keying in each name and then hit Alt-K to get Outlook to try
to
resolve the name, and then (if need be) right click on the name to
manually
resolve it... I thought by doing this exercise once, Outlook would know
how
to resolve each name in the future.

Does resolving the name result in selecting it as a recipient when I start
keying the name or do I have to manually click on the name to select it?

This is what I am currently doing... I click on the to: or cc: button to
open the address book... as I start keying the name I want the best fit is
highlighted in the address book window... when the name I want appears, I
need to click it to select it... I need to repeat this process for every
recipient name or scroll down the address book double clicking each name I
want...is this as good as it gets or is there an easier way?
--
Bernie


Russ Valentine said:
Not sure why you think that would help. Autoresolution does not require
it.
Autocompletion would, but you do not have an autocompletion option on
Outlook 2000.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Thanks for your quick response... I will try establishing "resolution"
to
every name by creating a bogus message addressed to everyone in my
contacts
folder.
--
Bernie


:

Outlook 2000 does not have an autocompletion feature, nor do the newer
versions that do use your Contacts. They use a separate autocompletion
cache.
Older versions have a feature called auto-resolution. If you enter
part
of a
name or a nickname then tab out of the field (or hit Alt-K [Check
Names]),
Outlook will attempt to resolve the name against your address book. If
it
can't it'll red underline it and you can right click on the name to
manually
resolve it. Outlook will save the resolution for future use.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Until recently I used Outlook Express for email and whenever I
started
to
enter a recipient name on the to: or cc: line, the program would
autofill
(or
autocomplete) a name from my address book. If the name was not the
one
I
wanted, I kept typing until the appropriate name appeared. When I
changed
computers I decided to use Outlook 2000 for email rather than
Outlook
Express. I created an account in Outlook and imported all messages
and
contacts/address book from Outlook Express. I then copied the
outlook.pst
file from my old computer to the new one. When I opened an Outlook
2000
account on the new computer, I imported messages and contacts from
the
copied
outlook.pst file. Everything is working fine
except I have not been able to figure out how to get the same auto
fill
or
auto complete feature in Outlook 2000 as I had in Outlook Express.
Any
suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
You're welcome. It will be hard to get autoresolution to work the way
autocompletion does. In theory, you could create a "nickname" of 3 or more
letters that you could manually resolve and store and that would then
resolve automatically each time you type it, but then you'd have to remember
what nickname you created for every address. Creating a few that you use
often would still be worthwhile, however, until you update to a current
version that has autocompletion.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Bernie said:
Russ,

You have been most helpful and patient... I think I finally understand the
issue... thanks again.
--
Bernie


Russ Valentine said:
Here's a complete description of how autoresolution works:
http://home.indy.rr.com/russval/autocompletion.htm#_Toc108781084

--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Bernie said:
I don't think I fully understood your first repsonse... I thought I
would
have to start keying in each name and then hit Alt-K to get Outlook to
try
to
resolve the name, and then (if need be) right click on the name to
manually
resolve it... I thought by doing this exercise once, Outlook would know
how
to resolve each name in the future.

Does resolving the name result in selecting it as a recipient when I
start
keying the name or do I have to manually click on the name to select
it?

This is what I am currently doing... I click on the to: or cc: button
to
open the address book... as I start keying the name I want the best fit
is
highlighted in the address book window... when the name I want appears,
I
need to click it to select it... I need to repeat this process for
every
recipient name or scroll down the address book double clicking each
name I
want...is this as good as it gets or is there an easier way?
--
Bernie


:

Not sure why you think that would help. Autoresolution does not
require
it.
Autocompletion would, but you do not have an autocompletion option on
Outlook 2000.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Thanks for your quick response... I will try establishing
"resolution"
to
every name by creating a bogus message addressed to everyone in my
contacts
folder.
--
Bernie


:

Outlook 2000 does not have an autocompletion feature, nor do the
newer
versions that do use your Contacts. They use a separate
autocompletion
cache.
Older versions have a feature called auto-resolution. If you enter
part
of a
name or a nickname then tab out of the field (or hit Alt-K [Check
Names]),
Outlook will attempt to resolve the name against your address book.
If
it
can't it'll red underline it and you can right click on the name to
manually
resolve it. Outlook will save the resolution for future use.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Until recently I used Outlook Express for email and whenever I
started
to
enter a recipient name on the to: or cc: line, the program would
autofill
(or
autocomplete) a name from my address book. If the name was not
the
one
I
wanted, I kept typing until the appropriate name appeared. When
I
changed
computers I decided to use Outlook 2000 for email rather than
Outlook
Express. I created an account in Outlook and imported all
messages
and
contacts/address book from Outlook Express. I then copied the
outlook.pst
file from my old computer to the new one. When I opened an
Outlook
2000
account on the new computer, I imported messages and contacts
from
the
copied
outlook.pst file. Everything is working fine
except I have not been able to figure out how to get the same
auto
fill
or
auto complete feature in Outlook 2000 as I had in Outlook
Express.
Any
suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
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